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CUPS on Pi help!

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:31 pm
by dan2073
Hi,

I have been trying to set up CUPS on my RPi and I have run into a problem. I have installed CUPS using

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sudo get-apt install cups
and then after installation when I enter

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sudo usermod -a -G Ipadmin pi
I get the error "usermod: group 'Ipadmin' does not exist.

Any ideas?

Re: CUPS on Pi help!

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:08 am
by blavery
Try lpadmin lower case "ell", not Ipadmin upper case "eye"
(ie, lp = line printer)

I've earlier had easy printer connection (raspbian to windows home network printers) after installing:
cups system-config-printer samba and python-smbc

Straightforward debian gui: Add Printer / Network Printer / Windows Printer via Samba / Browse