Step-by-step – Wifi Printer Installation in Slackware

GNU/Linux Slackware Installing Wi-fi Printer – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-step How to Set up and Configure a Wireless Printer in Slackware GNU/Linux Desktop.

Especially relevant: to Setup Network Printer in Slackware 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 Slackware.

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 Slackware Linux
   Simply run:

   slackpkg install cups cups-filters

   How to Get Started slackpkg on Slackware GNU/Linux

   slackpkg Slackware Setup Guide

   slackpkg Slackware Get Started Tutorial

3. 3. Running CUPS

   Then to Start CUPS Service
   Execute:

   sudo service cups start

   And to Enable it at Boot:

   sudo systemctl enable cups