Chapter 7. Setting up a legacy printer

Procedure

1. Install a PAPPL-based printer application package, for example, lprint :

   # dnf install <printer_application_name>

2. Optional: Enable the port 8000 in firewalld to access the printer application web interface from a remote host:

   # firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8000/tcp
   # firewall-cmd --reload

   You can check the port in the /etc/lprint.conf configuration file.

3. Enable and start the service:

   # systemctl enable --now <printer_application_name>

Procedure

1. In the printer application home page, click Add Printer.

2. Choose printer name, device, hostname/IP address in case of network printers, select the driver name from the offered list, and click on the Add Printer. You can also use the auto-detect option to search for the driver.

   Using the auto-detection option for the driver might result in finding an incompatible driver for your device, if the device model is too different from available drivers. Check the assigned driver before printing and change the driver manually to prevent any printing issues.

3. The used driver is on the second line in the block Status. You can test the functionality by clicking on the Print Test Page.

Procedure

1. Search the available drivers in PAPPL based printer application:

   # lprint drivers

   zpl_2inch-203dpi-dt "Zebra ZPL 2-inch/203dpi/Direct-Thermal

2. Install the printer. For example, to install a network printer with a specified driver, enter:

   # lprint add -d <printer name> -v socket://<hostname> -m zpl_2inch-203dpi-dt

Verification

1. Check printer is visible in the printers list, together with its raw socket for sending raw data:

   # lprint printers

   <printer_name> - printer - ipp://localhost/ipp/print/<printer_name>
   <printer_name> - raw socket - socket://localhost:9101/

Procedure

1. Check if the generated network printer is available:

   # lpstat -e

   <printer_name_in_printer_application>

2. Search for the port that the printer application is using:

   # grep 'server-port=' /etc/lprint.conf

   server-port=8000

3. Install the permanent queue by using the port number 8000:

   # lpadmin -p <printer_name_in_CUPS> -v ipps://localhost:8000/ipp/print/<printer_name_in_printer_application> -m everywhere -E

4. Check if CUPS queue is installed:

   # lpstat -a

   <printer_name_in_CUPS>  accepting requests since Wed 07 May 2025 02:31:04 AM EDT