To install my printer shared from my one server, just run this shell script.
files/2024/listings/devuan-printer.sh (Source)
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#!/bin/sh
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# File: devuan-printer.sh
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# Location: /mnt/public/Support/Platform/printer/
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# Author: bgstack15
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
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# Startdate: 2024-02-08-5 08:15
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# Title: Install my printer on Devuan
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# Purpose: oneliner install printer
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# History:
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# Usage:
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# Reference:
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# https://www.cups.org/doc/admin.html
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# https://serverfault.com/questions/1011996/cups-how-to-list-all-detected-printers-from-command-line-linux
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# http://localhost:631/
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# https://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2022/11/17/use-remote-printer-driver-for-cups-shared-printer-in-cups-client/"
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# man lpadmin
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# Improve:
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# Dependencies:
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# run on Devuan. Sudo access.
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# Documentation:
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# if you need printing with `lpr -P ml1865w /path/to/file`, then install cups-bsd
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# install cups
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if ! dpkg -l | awk '$2=="cups" && $1~/^i./' 1>/dev/null ;
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then
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y cups
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fi
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ensure_printer() {
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_name="${1}"
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_url="${2}"
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_location="${3}"
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status="$( sudo lpstat -v )"
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if ! echo "${status}" | grep -qiE "${_url}" ;
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then
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sudo lpadmin -p "${_name}" -E -v "${_url}" -L "${_location}"
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fi
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}
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# printer list
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ensure_printer "ml1865" "ipp://dns2.ipa.internal.com:631/printers/ml1865" "computer room"
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# display status
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sudo lpstat -v
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This reduces my need to install system-config-printer just to get my one printer set up.
Cups is a beautiful project, isn't it?
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