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Configuring Ubuntu Linux Printers

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New page: Despite preditions of the "paperless" office in the 1980's and 1990's we are still a long way from never having to print anything. It is quite common, therefore, to need to connect a print...
Despite preditions of the "paperless" office in the 1980's and 1990's we are still a long way from never having to print anything. It is quite common, therefore, to need to connect a printer to a computer system. With this in mind this chapter will be devoted to covering the the steps required to add printer access to an Ubuntu Linux system. Printers may be connected directly to an Ubuntu Linux system, accessible over a network or attached to a Windows system on the network.

As with many aspects of system administration Ubuntu Linux makes the installation of a printer straightforward and fast.

== Installing a Directly Connected Printer ==