Adding Printer

[sincity]

Trying to add a printer... keep getting this message

"Sorry! The system printing service doesn't seem to be available."

Can someone walk me thru to get my printer working?

I researched and tried installing CUPS, but not quite sure if that is what I was supposed to do.

[monchapi]

Hi.

In my limited experince with Linux I have found that a printer will either work straight away or not at all check this link and see a list of printers that work or need a tweak here and there. Good luck

[rodmacpherson]

Trying to add a printer... keep getting this message

"Sorry! The system printing service doesn't seem to be available."

Can someone walk me thru to get my printer working?

I researched and tried installing CUPS, but not quite sure if that is what I was supposed to do.

open a command line.
sudo apt-get install cups

You need a print service in order to print. Kali doesn't have one installed by default.

[auastyle]

After that, execute this command in terminal

sudo service cups start

[wooferz]

I had the same problem. First, I installed as many printer options and printer driver files (Add/Remove Software). Next, I installed synaptic. When I tried to install cups, it reported that the latest version was already installed. Once I issued the command <service cups start> from a terminal, the hp 1320 appeared and was configured.

[gruxz]

After that, execute this command in terminal

sudo service cups start

Works in EPSON x-446