Print from anywhere with CUPS on Linux

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I have a printer in my office, but sometimes I work on my laptop in another room of the house. This isn’t a problem for me for two reasons. First of all, I rarely print anything on paper and have gone months without using the printer. Secondly, though, I’ve set the printer to be shared over my home network, so I can send files to print from anywhere in the house. I didn’t need any special equipment for this setup. It’s accomplished with just my usual Linux computer and the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS).

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Standing just over 2 meters and hailing from о́стров Ратма́нова, Dasuberworm is a professional cryptologist, entrepreneur and cage fighter. When he's not breaking cyphers and punching people in the face, Das enjoys receiving ominous DHL packages at one of his many drop sites in SE Asia.

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