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Printing using our CUPS-Printserver "cups"

1.) Create the cups client.conf in your user directory

# Type cd to get into your user directory (/home/your_username)
cd

# Check if hidden folder .cups exists - do not forget the dot!
cd .cups

# if not, create the hidden folder .cups
mkdir .cups

2.) Create the client.conf file by writing directly into it with the vi editor: vi ~/.cups/client.conf

vi ~/.cups/client.conf

3.) Add the ServerName and Address of CUPS or Ripley.

ServerName cups.rz-berlin.mpg.de

or for the cups server ripley (newer cups version 08/2024 )

ServerName ripley.rz-berlin.mpg.de

4.) Exit and Save

Accessing the printers

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