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====== Setting up Printers on Unix or Linux ======

Printing on the department-run Unix and Linux systems is [[:computing:department:unix:printing|covered elsewhere]]. These instructions refer to self-managed systems.

===== Wired network linux printing =====

The simplest way to use the Physics print queues is to use CUPS print software on your Unix/Linux system. This is the default print system for most current Linux distributions.

Find your ''cupsd.conf'' configuration file (usually it's ''/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'') and add a line:

  BrowsePoll cups.physics.umn.edu

This line should //replace// any other BrowsePoll line inserted from earlier versions of these instructions.

After restarting the cups service on your computer (eg ''/etc/init.d/cups restart''), all the network print queues should be available to you automatically.

<note warning>
In Ubuntu 13.10+, you need to add the BrowsePoll line to ''/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf'' instead of ''/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'' and restart the ''cups-browsed'' service instead of ''cupsd''.
</note>

===== Wireless network laptop printing (laptops etc) =====

You can either:
  - use the method above for wired printing
  - set up a local print queue on CUPS using port 9100 (jetdirect) directly to your chosen printer hostname.

The second method is probably preferable for a laptop, as it will eliminate your cups system from trying to poll ours even when you are not elsewhere, but the first gives easier access to all the available print queues.

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