CUPS Installation Instructions

1. Enable Extras-testing and Extras-devel in Application Manager.
2. Open XTerminal
3. Enter "sudo gainroot"
4. Enter "apt-get install debconf". This will install debconf, & remove fakedebconf.
5. The following errors will be displayed:
   unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
   (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.)
   falling back to frontend: Readline
   unable to initialize frontend: Readline
   (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readlin.pm line 7.)
6. enter "apt-get install cups cups-client cups-bsd"
7. xterminal will show the cups packages being installed. Wait until installation is finished.
8. enter "lppasswd -g lpadmin -a printer"
9. you will be asked to enter the password you want for printer administation.
10. enter "leafpad /etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
11. the leafpad editor will open /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for editing
12. change the line "DefaultAuthType Basic" to "DefaultAuthType BasicDigest"
13. click the menu bar at top, & click "Save"
14. close the leafpad editor
15. close XTerminal, switch off phone, then turn the phone on again
16. Connect to network
17. Open internet browser, go to http://localhost:631
18. The "Common UNIX Printing System 1.3.8" control page should load

Adding a network printer

1. Open internet browser, go to http://localhost:631
2. Go to Administration -> Find New Printers
3. See if your network printers are listed