How To Install Printers On Linux

[@keltyll]

OMG I had no idea I could do that.I just stopped using my printer on Arch... But now, thanks to you, everything works just fine (printer Epson L3150). Thank you so much DT !

[@eliasgill2453]

I "battle" like 2hs with the same printer a few months ago (trying to use the scanner). And then and found that Epson gives you an official app😂 (better than the Windows version ironically 🤣🤣🤣🤣).

[@HaxGuru]

@@eliasgill2453 What? I have an Epson printer too but couldn't find an app for it for Linux. Can you please tell me which app is that?

[@jonlima9897]

I also have that same printer but I want It for a shirt business, so I need It to print with good quality. Any of you guys have tried that before??? Please a need some tips...

[@eliasgill2453]

@@HaxGuru one year latter but, the app is called Image Scan v3 and it's available on the Arch official repos as "imagescan". The thing is that the executable is called "otsushi" for some reason.

[@eliasgill2453]

@Ramdom see above 👆

[@gabrielsaliba2273]

I would be more interested in installing linux on a printer

[@komi9261]

Most printers run linux right?

[@scarceorange3359]

@@komi9261 no, usually BSD because the software licence lets you customize it as you like without contribution to the project, that’s the PlayStation etc use it too

[@flatmoon6359]

There probably is a distro.

[@FranLMSP]

@@komi9261 Maybe they run Linux but not GNU/Linux... ... or as I recently started to call it, GNU+Linux

[@doooofus]

i reckon if we all knock our heads together we can make an open sores handheld linux inkjet/laser/5-axis 3d printer and cnc milling machine/plasma cutter by the end of the year (of the linux desktop)

[@gwgux]

Yeah, using printers with Linux gotten super easy to handle. Even my shared WiFi HP printer was super easy to setup. Oh how far we have come in hardware support! XD

[@Studywzrd]

rewally i frusted with lpb 2900 cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnon prieeeeeering driover in arch linux i thing windows os good there is noot even one tutorial for it

[@akiohermosa8277]

I accidentally deleted my Windows during Arch installation and just accepted I have to live with Arch now (I couldn't be bothered reinstalling it again) when my brother bugged me to print something and I LITERALLY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT IN ARCH... turns out it was very easy!!! Your vid was very helpful.

[@AndyGait]

Thank you. Not new to Linux, but new to Arch. Spent about an hour or more trying to get my HP printer installed. After 5 mins of your video I was printing the test page. Cheers.

[@gamertechuni]

For wireless network printers, you need to install and enable avahi.

[@phenelz1ne]

It is installed and enabled by default in arch linux

[@siddharthasarmah9266]

Finally a video on this topic. I had to use windows for printing out stuff bcoz I wasn't able to use my printer in linux

[@ahahahabmbc1075]

Thanks for the video! I am actually Ubuntu user but I could not use my Canon printer for a while. I guess my previous google searches ended up manual setup methods. I even tried to install some packages manually but I could not solve the problem and gave up... Now, I added my printer from Settings -> Printers easily. Thanks again!

[@harrypathak3935]

thanks DT, last time i was unable to install my drivers on windows, i went to the forums and they told me to go to a service center :/. and this time, i have successfully printed after 20 mins uptime after installation. Linux has the most friendly community i have ever gone to. Linux forever. Long live GNU. Long LIve LInus God!

[@jamespearson6285]

Perfect timing! I'm using Arch Linux and I was wondering why it couldn't detect any printers. After watching this video, I understand everything! I was so used to Linux Mint and Pop!_OS that just had printer support out of the box, and I was wondering why it just didn't work!

[@jammyjellyfish5112]

Thanks DT! I was having trouble with adding a printer through the KDE Plasma System Settings application. It was a piece of cake adding a printer with this other application you suggested. Take my like!

[@Wannabelokesh]

BTW I love the content you make. Keep doing this dear. Its great. I appreciate this. I guess, we all appreciate this. Thank you so much. I learnt so much from you and still miles to go.

[@ChavdarIvanov4]

I was actually mildly amused a few years ago when I installed Fedora (whatever was current at the time) on a spare laptop - and realised that my Canon MG2950 WiFi printer-scanner suddenly appeared - without me doing a thing; even scanning worked.

[@techworld7748]

Never in a thousand years did I think that a FOSS enthusiast would be praising Apple.

[@brainstormsurge154]

Well, it's not like they don't benefit. Even Google has modular stuff they've developed that people in Linux use like the Noto fonts as an example.

[@zonnodon163]

Thank goodness, some users needed this!

[@vaporwaveskeleton9224]

Thank you. I can print funny pictures to put on my cork board again because of you.

[@deflatedrubberduck]

Thank you DT! I've been pulling my hair trying to get my Canon TS5000 to link up to my Arch PC. Works perfectly now. 😉

[@phmoffett]

Thank you DT. Teaching is one of your gifts. By now it would seem that every linux distro would recognize the value of easy printer installation and so be prepared with necessary utilities already baked-in. Scanner installation can also be problematic even in Debian-based distros. Ask Ubuntu to the rescue. All users eventually need printer & scanner capabilities in the linux desktop.

[@trapccountant]

i actually needed this but i was too lazy to google so thank you

[@steevewhitehead1416]

Nice useful video, thanks DT.

[@bobgrimes8618]

For my OS/2 setup, I use a Brother HL-1440 with a parallel cable.

[@AlvinLee007]

This is so old school, I subscribed.

[@mehmetkaraman3710]

great for newcomers to linux. straight to point and explanatory. great content.

[@Appalling68]

8:01 Wallpaper LOL!

[@lofiknight_]

thank you, works for me with my printer canon mp258, little bit of tweak installing ghostscript, gutenprint after installing cups

[@HyRisen]

Worked like a charm, thank you :)

[@ulrichsamosii6058]

Thanks DT got the HP Envy Inspire up and running on Ubuntu

[@Ken-vq6iv]

I found this video very helpful. Thanks. Turns out my old Samsung laser printer was supported under splix.

[@camerontgore]

Pure gold!

[@systemtrader1]

It works for Debian in the same way, this video was very helpful thank you.

[@brahmhenkins8732]

BTW, Apple did not develop CUPS, they purchased the project. The first time I dealt with CUPS was on RedHat 8.0 (early 2000s) just after it succeeded LPD as the default printing system. Mandrake adopted it just before that, and I believe SuSE did the same. At the time mentioned they were still hanging on to some legacy system they ported from MacOS 9.X.

[@bishboshmagic]

A little remark: worked well for me (Arch, HP Laser 107w, hpuld driver (AUR) without adding my user to the lp group.

[@itscutaru]

Printers on Linux? HP got you covered!

[@CommodoreFan64]

Brother in my experience has been really solid as well, and the cost of toner on most of their B/W laser printer if you buy generic is super cheap too boot.

[@BigAndTall666]

No....

[@Empyrean-Void]

Thank you so much! I just got my Epson printer to work.

[@markpaterson6024]

Great timing DT, just switched to Arch from SpywareDoze and trying to get a Cannon Pixmar ? Printer working, any tips you guys have would be appreciated greatly! 👍🏼

[@sbrazenor2]

I guess I never noticed that there's a problem with printers, since I usually use an operating system that understands how to use printers already. 🤣

[@MenacingPerson]

which one?

[@adrianbiro2167]

Mint and Manjaro

[@sbrazenor2]

@@MenacingPerson I run mostly Ubuntu based versions of Linux, but I also run Windows and MacOS for other things, so besides UNIX (which I think installed with CUPS also); I generally never need to add a service to do something as simple as printing. I'm sure if I went with a purely libre installation, like one GUIX printing would be an issue.

[@jpv2009]

Hi DT. I'm kind of new to your channel but I've found it pretty useful. Thanks a lot for this CUPS cheat-cheat quick fix, great production! Keep up!

[@CrustyAbsconder]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@zeebpc]

7:30 "There was an error during the CUPS operation: server-error-internal-error'. been trying to use my printer all day 😰😰😰😰

[@ramomehmedovic351]

thanks DT your video was simple and straight forward and I set up my printer super fast. I seen a video about installing a printer and he goes setting a server with cups and opening it a browser I was super confused since I had arch before and I know that was unnecessary.

[@tealc6218]

It would have been more humorous/clickbaity if you titled this video "2 ghostscripts 1 cups": How to use printers in linux

[@jeffreygrantsmith]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@craiganderson2025]

From Arch wiki: Note: DNS-SD is only supported when using Avahi. CUPS does not support using systemd-resolved for DNS-SD, see CUPS issue 5452. Reply to previous post did not work.

[@dnegron8]

Honestly a question I've had without many good answers is photo printers... With the wrong drivers the photo printers will print with the same settings they would use on paper and without any resolution. Is there any easy or clear way to utilize Canon or Epson photo printers on Linux?

[@arianh]

Thanks a lot man! It was really so helpful, Appreciate it ☺

[@brainstormsurge154]

Don't forget you do need to log out and back in to update your current user groups after you've added the `lp` group.

[@SriHarshaChilakapati]

Can you please make a video that explains the user system in Linux? What are users, differences between useradd and adduser, what are groups, and common pitfalls that most new people fall into?

[@averagelinuxuser1044]

At the top right of the screen you are shown the resources that are being used by your computer/laptop. Could you show how you did that, and my other question is what Linux distribution are you using in this video.

[@williamgweilo]

Thanks for the instructive video. I'm having trouble with my HP Envy 6000e series printer, that cannot be setup properly through hplip (the printer requires a wireless detection at first). I even tried to set it up through a Windows install in a VM but didn't manage to do it either since the app "hp-scan" is only available through the windows store (hp doesn't provide a downloadable executable), which doesn't seem to function. If anyone has ever encountered such a problem or has a fix for it, I'd be grateful! Thanks in advance!

[@newolku]

Try to use it without the app.

[@cyphenkore]

Not sure why my reply from earlier disappeared... Try this from the terminal:: sudo hp-setup -i (IP) -g replace (IP) with the IP address your WiFi printer has been assigned

[@williamgweilo]

@@cyphenkore Hi, sorry for the late answer (haven't had access to the printer since the comment), but it worked. Thanks a lot for helping a complete stranger on the internet!

[@yiannisserpico2646]

Have heard/read CUPS as: Common.Unix.Printing System/Server/Service. Finally, what is correct?

[@kychemclass5850]

Thanks DT. Any change you could get a Huion graphics tablet installed? Huion don't make a driver for it but there are some work-arounds out there --- which I have difficulty following.

[@StormCrusher94]

Ok, I'm using ZorinOS (think it is also based on ubuntu) and had something to print, but just didn't want to, it threw out errors all lights blinking, as there wasn't any paper and ink, so tried to stop to see which ink cartridge is empty -> nothing. And yeah, it also was saying the print is completed even though nothing was printed. So first I removed/purged cups and deleted the etc/cups directory. And reinstalled it. Just reinstalling cups wasn't enough. Needed to also install cups-daemon ! Well now it should work you'd think, as I the computer sees the printer. Nope, it doesn't. Manually searched for printer in the printer gui and to my surprise it finds it, but with a 2 at the end! Now it works. With deleting cups I probably deleted all the ppd files, even though I tried manually installing them, but failed. It was weird as the printer Epson Stylus SX110 has a scanner installed too and just copying documents worked fine.

[@StormCrusher94]

What I wanted to say, after doing all this, it might have been easier to just remove the printer from the printer page in settings and trying to find it again.

[@mylra4689]

For me I had trouble adding my Brother MFC7440N but finally did. I can't get it to SCAN though, only print.

[@vwagenjetta]

My parents have Manjaro, the printer shows up, all the drivers are installed, etc, but when they print an OnlyOffice doc, it just prints a sheet with dots down one side. Any thoughts on what might be missing? Its a network printer, Epson ET-3750, I believe.

[@mostafahamdini8636]

Great tutorial, thank you very much.

[@justkidding7264]

arch is a good distro, I like it always stay up to date feature. and the detailed documentations. bad things is the aur manage not easy to use if someone make aur click to install, that's good.

[@torsten.breswald]

very much appreciated, this video, thx

[@TonyBear1987]

What if the printer is also a scanner? How is the procedure to use the scanner too?

[@relytheone853]

Thank you. I enjoy printing things.

[@russellsheridan3957]

That's a great cat right there.

[@marioschroers7318]

First? CUPS and hplip do the job 🙃 Edit: I think it's the Common Unix Printing System :)

[@MichaelSharpTechniSmart]

It's very similar in Manjaro, except I use A4 media and the printer is set to it. In printer properties, I change it from default Letter to A4, and apply and OK it, but it still tries to print letter size giving a paper mismatch error . It's a Canon PIXMA TS3151, so I'm wondering if this foomatic installing a PPD with my media size embedded would fix this problem? There are definitely no tutorials on KZbin on it. I subscribed, even though I am not a distro hopper. Manjaro is just fine for me.

[@4simanshukumar]

Excellent 👌

[@musiccollections__on]

Hi I just wanna ask I already installed my printer and then when I print the paper is blank

[@nirjharpandit]

I love linux, bt can't use it for some Software limitations etc. Finally I think zorin 16 is best choise, bt unfortunately I m unable to install my epson, canon ink tank printers in it. Can anyone help me.

[@AbdelaliAbdallah]

I've used HP printer on Ubuntu it was always plug n play process on Fedora it asks to install some programs from the software center but it's rather easy as well

[@GothicKin]

Don't like to joke about mental health but the thumbnail is the most pacific image able to give severe PTSD

[@eeaaay]

Ok, thanks DT!

[@xperience-evolution]

I got a wireless Printer (Canon) and on Zorin it immediately connected without a cable. BUT if I press print on a file nothing at all happens. The Printer is correctly listed but there is just no reaction whatsoever. It was not that important cause I don't need to print a lot and I still had Windows around so I din't try to figure it out yet.

[@kingof9x]

In like 16 years of using Linux I have never connected my computer to a printer

[@MrBundaiYT]

ROFL! IKR!?!

[@indrajit_11]

Thank you so much Sir

[@David_Quinn1995]

thank you for the tutorial, my printer must be too new its not letting me install drivers for it and everything thats in the apps store does not work

[@garyjohnson4608]

As of July 2022, there are no linux compatible printers on the open market for under $500 that I have been able to find. All I have been looking for is a simple all-in-one printer for home use but have found nothing fitting that description.

[@hoterychannel]

It's seems like it so simple until you have office with tens of models of printers and MFU of many manufacturers like canon, hp, kyocera, samsung, brother, with complete different level of linux support. For example, what about two-sided printing (duplex) (which have 2 modes whether it portrait or album, it makes me crazy on windows), scan and duplex scanning, and colors may be incorrect, and network printing and, especially, scanning, and so on... Now more and more relatively modern printers have some kind of linux support, but older ones ... depends.. they offer don't have win10 support, because manufacturer just forget about it after 5-7 years after launch

[@peterjantzer4767]

I would like to see a similar video for BSD

[@jameskane7530]

Cannot get HP Envy 6255 to work in ArcoLinuxL????!!!!

[@milton-rbr]

brother TCP220 - well, i need more knowledge cause' i try, no result 😢

[@brianestrada2259]

Hi, I have one questions. My printer is already set as default, but is says the print has been completed, yet nothing is printed, can anyone help me?

[@crazyscooby9670]

In today's video we are installing printer in Linux Next week we are going to install Linux in printer 🤣

[@HeathenHacks]

Thank you.

[@UltimateArts13]

what about for a rollo printer

[@thereaImodder]

Yo, anyone that use Epson L360 Model, Choose Epson L210 Driver. its actually the same printer. I did see both L210 (at work) and L360 (at home :d)

[@jgj4430]

Curious if anyone has had any difficulty printing to University printing systems that don't support Linux. Stinks because the system I had did not have a webUI upload

[@BigBossBernie]

At least at the unis I work at they offer a mail client to send the documents to and print using an ID card.

[@jgj4430]

@@BigBossBernie the bigger local university didn't even have that as an option

[@cyphenkore]

When working with HP Printers, the easiest way to guarantee a clean, working install (IMHO) Use this command after installing HPLIP:: sudo hp-setup -i It allows you to choose what type of printer (USB, NETWORK, PARALLEL) * If it is a Network Printer, you can feed it the IP directly :: sudo hp-setup -i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn -g * This also lets you NAME the printer and designate a Location / Description * It allows you to configure the FAX information if it is an AIO device It will download the driver if required (especially important for certain AIO Printer) * That is very important when trying to setup the scanner on the AIO device For an AIO, if you do it this way, it will automatically prompt you to download the specific Scanner Plugin to the HPLIP driver when you set up your preferred scanning utility.

[@bobgrimes8618]

I always use ipp setup for my printer in Linux, using a 192.x.x protocol.

[@dannysmith2555]

that easy? i was struggling install brother printer on Manjaro...gonna try it.

[@kennethdarlington]

Yeah, tell that my HP 1018 on Mint 19 and 21. =( It finds it, it installs it but not printing anything with it. For me - only going to HP website and downloading fresh version of hplip and installing it helped. Both, for Mint 19 and 21

[@DJTripleY]

After 3 hours of troubleshooting got a new Epson printer to work in Mint.

[@soulprestigio9162]

For wired printer i don't have much issue....but wireless printers just a hassle..sometimes it doest work at all...PDD file doest help at all Thats biggest reason I hesitant to recommend linux to windows users

[@seventhgreeter5416]

How difficult is it to install cups on void linux with musl and runit?

[@illusioon1569]

As easy as on arch linux.

[@domker]

HP printers that require the "hp-plugin" package will still need to run the "hp-plugin" command after installation to download a pair of proprietary binary blobs.

[@Wannabelokesh]

Hey @dt. I'm a computer engineering student. Should a person (especially students like me) who watches you and people like you, who are constantly promoting and spreading awareness of FOSS, FSF, etc. study hard and apply for internship and jobs at Microsoft? I am not talking specifically for Microsoft but the all the other tech gaints too.

[@kuldeepdinkar4918]

its very hectic. I was optimistic about using linux. but It feels very complex. the printer still doesn't respond to the print command.

[@newolku]

Installing a brother printer was very easy at least on manjaro.

[@rakenso]

But we are talking real arch here

[@anantgupta1188]

On minimal OS we need to install some packages which are not installed by default After that you are done

[@caleb22lr]

I want it the other way around. I want Linux on my printer

[@JIMMYSBN]

what if my printer is connected to my wi-fi network though?

[@MartinSchweigert]

"How to look at an already installed and working printer on Linux" could be a better name for this video ;) SCNR PS: I like your videos a lot, but this one is different...

[@LewisCampbellTech]

I think this video has made me decide it's time to stop using minimal linux installations

[@b2c205]

Also video on how to install Linux in printers please

[@v8pilot]

Scuse my ignorance but why "pacman" in commands?

[@frans.8906]

It does not always work :( You ultimately depend on the manufacturer. My Canon printer will not work with my raspberry pi as the drivers come precompiled for x64 and even on a regular computer they are a pain to install.