Step-by-step – AirPrint Ubuntu 18.04 Installation Guide

February 22, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Installing AirPrint – Quick-Start Guide

Hi! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-step How to Install AirPrint Service in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

The AirPrint Server was devised by Apple Inc to enable an iPhone, an iPad, an iPod Touch or a Mac, to print without having to Install Drivers on the Client Device.

More and more new Printers come with Firmware to support AirPrint. In fact, it would be unusual nowadays for a network-aware printer not to provide AirPrint support.

Especially relevant: there are two Technologies central to the AirPrint facility on a Printer:

The Printer must be advertised with Bonjour broadcasting.
The printer must communicate with the client using the IPP Protocol.

Moreover, the IPP Protocol is supported from most Network Printers and the Zeroconf Bonjour Avahi Linux Service implementation is available on most GNU/Linux Systems.

Finally, as a mandatory for the AirPrint Setup follow instructions to check if the Printer is correctly Installed on the GNU/Linux System.

Step-by-step – AirPrint Ubuntu 18.04 Installation Guide

1. Launching Terminal

Open a Terminal Shell Emulator Window:
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
2. Installing CUPS

And to Install CUPS in Ubuntu Linux
Simply run:
```
sudo apt install cups cups-client cups-filters cups-ipp-utils
```
Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
3. Running CUPS

Then to Start CUPS Service
Execute:
```
sudo service cups start
```
And to Enable it at Boot:
```
sudo systemctl enable cups
```

Step-by-step – AirPrint Ubuntu 18.04 Installation Guide

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Installing AirPrint – Quick-Start Guide

1. Launching Terminal

2. Installing CUPS

3. Running CUPS

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