Step-by-step – Wifi Printer Installation in Ubuntu 20.04 Guide

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 20.04 Installing Wi-fi Printer – QuickStart Guide

Hi! This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on How to Set up and Configure a Wireless Printer in Ubuntu 20.04 Focal LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

Especially relevant: to Setup Network Printer in Ubuntu 20.04 first we have to Install Printer Driver on System.

Most Network Printers support a Protocol known as Bonjour, which is a combination of zero-configuration networking (“ZeroConf”), multicast DNS (mDNS), and DNS service discovery (DNS-SD) standards.

So the first attempt for an Universal configuration is the Zeroconf Bonjour Avahi Linux Service implementation.

Else if you are principally interested to Share a Network Printer with Windows Clients you may instead follow instructions about the Samba Printing Sharing.

Finally, to Print over Wi-fi with Apple iOS and macOS Systems on this Printer then see How to Install AirPrint support on Ubuntu.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Terminal Shell Emulator Window:
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   Refresh the Apt Sources:

   sudo apt update

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

2. 2. Installing CUPS

   And to Install CUPS in Ubuntu Linux
   Simply run:

   sudo apt install cups cups-client cups-filters cups-ipp-utils

3. 3. Running CUPS

   Then to Start CUPS Service
   Execute:

   sudo service cups start

   And to Enable it at Boot:

   sudo systemctl enable cups