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

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

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

Hi! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-step How to Set up and Configure a Wireless Printer in Ubuntu 20.04 Focal LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

Especially relevant: to Setup Network Printer on 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.

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

1. Launching Terminal

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

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. Installing CUPS

And to Install CUPS in Ubuntu Linux
Simply run:
```
sudo apt install cups cups-client cups-filters cups-ipp-utils
```
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 – Wifi Printer Ubuntu 20.04 Installation Guide

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

1. Launching Terminal

2. Installing CUPS

3. Running CUPS

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