I'm building an application that will need to print from the server. I have lots of printers on the network. All Ubuntu and Windows desktops can see them when browsing network printers. I want to print to one of the network printers using the default settings already setup for the printer on the network.
How do i add a network printer to Ubuntu Server (no GUI)?
2 Answers
You can use CUPS for that.
Install it by typing sudo apt install cups
Here's their documentation on how to set up network printers:
You can use CUPS with the following generic driver to install most of network printers built after 2009 as long as you have the printer IP address:
sudo apt install cups
sudo lpadmin -p printername -E -v ipp://192.168.1.111/ipp/print -m everywhere
