Printer Install Non Gui

Printer Install Guide - Non-GUI version:

Install CUPS:

$ sudo apt-get install cups

if using UBUNTU server version, install cups-bsd package

$ sudo apt-get install cups-bsd

Connect TMT70 / TMT88 Printer to the Network. Please refer to the EPSON documentation on how to connect it on ethernet mode and give the printer a unique IP address if its connected to the ethernet.

Check if CUPS is running:

$ sudo service cups status

CUPS should be running.

Run the following commands

$ sudo user mod -a -G lpadmin <yourusername>

$ sudo lppasswd -a <yourusername>

<yourusername> is the linux username of the machine on which your installing the printer.

Restart the server machine.

$ sudo reboot now

Open the configuration file for CUPS:

Open CUPS config utility web UI on a browser on any other machine that is connected to the same network as the server, using the server IP address.

Eg: If the server IP address is 192.168.0.140, please use a browser and navigate to the following location, http://192.168.0.140:631/. The screen will look like the following screenshot:

Click on “Administration” tab and click on “Add Printer” button as shown in the screenshot below:

Please enter the linux server username and password

Among the set of detected printers look for the following. The printer will show as network connected, if connected via ethernet

After selecting the printer, click on “Continue”. In the “Add printer” page, enter the relevant details. If the printer is connected over the ethernet, the “Connection” section will show something like this: socket://192.168.0.45 where 192.168.0.45 is the IP address of the printer:

Click “Continue” in the page above will display the page like below. Click on “Choose” file and select the appropriate .ppd file, provided to you in the printer package from LUCEP.

Click on ‘Add Printer” button. After which the printer will be added to the system. Please click on “Print Test Page” to print a test page.

13) Click on “Administration > Set as default printer“ to set this printer as default.