Cups image

Overview

Docker image including Cups and Printing drivers (installed from the Debian package).

Run the Cups server

docker run -d -p 631:631 -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus --name cups-server --net=host olbat/docker-debian-cups

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

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
3. (The user/password 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. The application on your machine should detect the printers !

Included package

• cups, cups-client
• printer-driver-all
• hpijs-ppds, hp-ppd
• sudo, locales, whois