Jaunty: How to install a USB printer?

[Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI]

On Wednesday 06 May 2009, my mailbox was graced by a missive
 from Jan Torben Heuer <jtnews at mail2004.dnsalias.org> who wrote:

> > I want to install a usb printer that's connected to my machine. I can't
> > figure out how to do this in jaunty.
>
> For me, running "system-config-printer" was the easiest solution. But it is
> a GNOME program and you may have to install it manually. Nevertheless, the
> printer will appear in KDE, too.

Install CUPS and do it through the web interface (http://localhost:631)
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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