On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 10:10:50AM +0000, Brian wrote: > On Sat 06 Jan 2018 at 20:45:01 -0600, Jason wrote: > > > > lpadmin. The wiki should help. > > > > I had looked into lpadmin and thought that might be what I need but > > couldn't find in the man page how to add a printer. I don't have web > > access so am asking here rather than looking on the wiki. > > For a PDF printer: install (or reinstall) printer-driver-cups-pdf. > lpadmin automatically sets up a print queue.
That's what I needed, thanks. > > > So basically what I'm asking is how to add a printer (this could apply > > to any printer, not just PDF) without needing to install a printer > > configuration GUI. > > In general: lpadmin -p queue_name -v device_uri -E -m PPD. > > Obtain device_uri from 'lpinfo -v' and PPD from 'lpinfo -m'. > Also useful information, I saved this for future reference. The possibilities for file conversion mentioned in this thread were interesting to me, too. I may use some of the other ideas at some point in the future. Thank you Brian, and everyone else. -- Jason
