Kali Linux Printer Setup
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In my case I was in need to setup my HP 1022 printer to work with Kali Linux. After the following setup it works great. In this guide are used the tools cups, cups-client and foomatic-db, which are not installed and enabled by default in Kali Linux.
Install the required Packages and Deal with the Permissions
Install the requited packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cups cups-client "foomatic-db"
The users will be added to the lpadmin group automatically after installing the above packages, but we will do that manually just in case.
sudo adduser root lpadmin
sudo adduser $USER lpadmin
Enable and start Cups service.
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.socket
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.service
Restart Cups and Samba services.
sudo systemctl restart cups.service
sudo systemctl restart smbd.service
Find USB Printer
lsusb | grep 'HP'
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:2c17 HP, Inc LaserJet 1022
sudo netstat -pnat | grep 631
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1217/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN 1217/cupsd
References
- BlackMoreOps.com: How to install and configure printers on Linux (cups and foomatic-db)?
- Local copy of the above resource: How to install and configure printers on Linux (cups and foomatic-db).pdf
