pinball83/cups_capt repository overview

⁠CUPS print server image

⁠Overview

Docker image including CUPS print server and printing drivers (installed from the Debian packages).

⁠Run the Cups server

docker run -d -p 631:631 -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus --name cupsd olbat/cupsd

⁠Add printers to the Cups server

1. Connect to the Cups server at http://127.0.0.1:631⁠
2. Add printers: Administration > Printers > Add Printer

Note: The admin user/password for the Cups server is print/print

⁠Configure Cups client on your machine

1. Install the cups-client package
2. Edit the /etc/cups/client.conf, set ServerName to 127.0.0.1:631
3. Test the connectivity with the Cups server using lpstat -r
4. Test that printers are detected using lpstat -v
5. Applications on your machine should now detect the printers!

⁠Included package

• cups, cups-client, cups-filters
• foomatic-db
• printer-driver-all, printer-driver-cups-pdf
• openprinting-ppds
• hpijs-ppds, hp-ppd
• sudo, whois
• smbclient