install a printer from the command line

[Michael R. Head]

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 17:07 -0700, David Vincent wrote:
> hi list.
> 
> is there a command-line method to installing a printer?  i've got a 
> machine here which is running out of memory loading the printer database 
>   after installing the foomatic-db-gutenprint package to get the needed 
> driver.
> 
> i'm running xubuntu 7.04 with 140mb RAM so this is using the 
> system-config-printer applet, and the printer i am trying to install is 
> a (horrible all-in-one p.o.s) epson stylus cx7800.
> 
> all i want is to share the printer capabilities over my wireless network 
> so if someone knows an easier route to making these new multifunction 
> epson stylus things work with ubuntu i'm all ears.

As an alternative to using the GUI, you can use the web interface
(http://localhost:631) to add printers. 

See here for details:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PrintingCupsWebInterface

> thanks.
> 
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