Support #610
Updated by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago
This is a guide for setting up a network shared printer on Arch linux using a Raspberry Pi 2. If installing on an original Raspberry Pi, replace armv7h with armv6h accordingly; this guide will h2. Prepare the Environment * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> pacman -Syu </pre> * Install cups, samba, and some dependencies: <pre> pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts samba splix </pre> * (Optional) Add a few optional packages: <pre> pacman -S foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree gutenprint </pre> * Install the foomatic-filters-lprng package from the AUR: <pre> yaourt foomatic-filters-lprng </pre> *NOTE*: Edit the PKGBUILD file and add armv7h to the arch parameter: <pre> arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h') </pre> * Start and enable cups at boot: <pre> systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service </pre> * (Optional) Connect to the web interface with an ssh tunnel: <pre> ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 printer.example.com </pre> #* And connect to http://localhost:6310 in a web browser. h2. Install Printer Drivers * Install Samsung Unified Driver: <pre> yaourt samsung-unified-driver </pre> *NOTE*: Edit the PKGBUILD file and add armv7h to the arch parameter: <pre> arch=(i686 x86_64 armel armv6h armv7h) depends=('libxml2' 'libusb-compat' 'foomatic-filters-lprng' 'sane') </pre> * Install Dymo CUPS Driver: <pre> yaourt dymo-cups-driver </pre> *NOTE*: Edit the PKGBUILD file and add armv7h to the arch parameter: <pre> arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h') </pre> h2. Resources * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_printer-specific_problems * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_printer_sharing