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Date Posted: Tuesday 02nd of March 2010 | Category: Ubuntu
Cups scheduler not running in Ubuntu
I ran in to a problem getting my HP Printer to work in Ubuntu.
I knew it was detected when I plugged it it, as I ran the following command in the terminal

lsusb

Going to System >> Printing from the Ubuntu menu, would not allow me to add a new printer. This option was greyed out.



I then worked out that the service cups, which stands for Common Unix Printing System was not running.

cups controls printing in Linux and Ubuntu, so I entered the following command in the terminal to start cups

sudo service cups start

After entering the command above, it told me that cups was now running.

I then went back to System >> Printing and the option to add a new printer was now available.

After clicking New, it then searched for new printers and located my HP Printer. I was just a simple case of following the screen prompts and my printer was installed.


Related Links:
- Common Unix Printing System