Add printer using cups

Install cups

sudo pacman -S cups

Enable cups service

sudo systemctl enable cups.service
sudo systemctl enable cups.socket
sudo systemctl start cups.service

Add printer

This has only be tested with a Canon MF742CDW printer. The everywhere driver is used for nearly all modern networks printers sold since about 2009.

lpadmin -p printername -E -v ipp://<YOUR_PRINTER_IP>/ipp/print -m everywhere

References

• Arch Wiki
• Local documentation at localhost:631 only when cups service is running.