Step-by-step – Wifi Printer Installation in Mageia

GNU/Linux Mageia 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 Mageia GNU/Linux Desktop.

Especially relevant: to Setup Network Printer in Mageia 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 Mageia.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

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

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Installing CUPS

   And to Install CUPS in Mageia Linux
   Simply run:

   sudo su -c "dnf install cups cups-common cups-filters"

   Or:

   su -c "urpmi cups cups-common cups-filters"

3. 3. Running CUPS

   Then to Start CUPS Service
   Execute:

   sudo service cups start

   And to Enable it at Boot:

   sudo systemctl enable cups