On 2024-07-24 23:32, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Wed, Jul 24, 2024, at 3:59 AM, mick.crane wrote:
On 2024-07-24 11:09, Rick Thomas wrote:
What's the best way to install (and configure) the CUPS printer
software on a machine that doesn't have any GUI software?
Specifically, the Marvell OpenRD machines that I have ("client" and
"ultimate") only have 500 MB of RAM. So I'm reluctant to install a
GUI (though I realize they have a VGA port so it *is* possible to do
so) for fear of running out of available RAM.
I'd like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser
printer, but I haven't found any way to configure CUPS with only a
CLI
text console. The recommended way in the CUPS docs is to point a web
browser at "localhost:631" but that doesn't work if you don't have a
web browser on the machine. The way I've done it before involved
using the "lynx" browser but that is very difficult and absolutely
crazy-making.
The really best thing would be to connect from some some other,
larger
machine on the LAN that *does* have a GUI and web browser (for
example, my desktop Mac) to the port that appears on the OpenRD as
"http://localhost:631";. Some of my duck-duck-go-ing has produced
things that hint this is possible, but didn't give any details.
But if there's a pure-CLI way to do it, I'd be happy with that, too.
Can you point me to some documentation that might help?
Thanks!
Rick
without any desktop it can be set up with lpadmin. I found the hard
bit
was finding out what cups thought the printer was called.
mick
Thanks, Mick!
Do you have any hints on "the hard part" (finding out what CUPS thinks
it's called) ?
I can't remember the order of doing things.
These last few installs the printer automagically works.
"lpoptions" on the PC with the printer attached reports among other
things.
"printer-uri-supported=ipp://localhost/printers/HP-LaserJet-P2015-Series"
I think to print I used to be able to type.
"my_file.txt||lp"
but seems that's not setup.
mick
