[Solved] Adding Network Printer Arch+Openbox

I've Arch with openbox installed. I need to add the network printer so I can print stuff at my university without switching to windows (hate windows :S). I went to IT guys at my school and they gave me printer queue information and they have no clue how to install network printers on Linux. This is the instruction file they gave me:
To add printer support, from the console type "printtool". You have to be in X-windows to use this application, it does not run in the console.
Click on "Remote Unix (lpd) Queue".
Names = $$$$
Spool Directory = /var/spool/lpd/lp0
Remote Host = $$$$
Remote Queue = $$$$
Above instructions are for Red Hat Linux and I do not have printtool. I was reading about cups, lpd, lpr and but I'm confused, I do not want to setup network printer I just need to print documents from the network printer that has been already setup in my uni network. Any help would be appreciated.
Last edited by shivamkalra (2013-10-07 17:55:02)

1) Your printer already has a cups server. Edit your client.conf and be happy.
2) Your printer allows remote lpd and you want to print without cups. Use LPRng instead (install from AUR). Since most applications are preconfigured for CUPS this will be more work and you'll have to know what you are doing.
3) Your printer allows remote lpd and/or some other protocol. Install and start the cups server, add the network printer and start printing. I already mentioned this in my previous post.
By the way, the wiki mentions this (except for the unsupported LPRng)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CU … g_workflow
There are two ways to setup a printer.
* If there's a CUPS server running in your network and sharing a printer you only need to install the client package.
* If the printer is connected directly to your system or you have access to an IPP network printer then setup a local CUPS server.
Last edited by progandy (2013-10-03 20:24:21)

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