Add a Local Printer as Network Printer

If you have a printer directly connected to your Labdoo computer (via USB or a Centronics cable), you can share access to the printer from other computers via a local network. To do so you need to use CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) as follows.

Configuring the Labdoo computer attached to the printer:

• Open the web browser and type the URL address http://localhost:631
• On the admin page http://localhost:631/admin/ select “Share printers connected to this system”.
• Select under ”Printers” the connected printer.
• Click on the menu “Administration” and on “Printer”.
• Leave “Actual connection” unchanged → Proceed → select “Allow access to this printer / share”.
• Optional: add a name for the place of installation → Proceed → Change settings.

Showing the printer on other Labdoo computers connected via the network:

• Open the web browser and type the URL address http://localhost:631/admin
• Select the option “Show printers shared by other systems” → Change settings.

After this you should see the printer in the menu “Printer". Maybe you have to wait a little bit before the printer is shown or re-load the page http://localhost:631/admin/.