This section will walk you through the set-up and use of the classic UNIX printing system on Linux, sometimes called Berkeley LPD. There are other systems available for Linux that are not covered here; see the Resources section at the end of the tutorial for information on these.

Physically installing a printer is beyond the scope of this tutorial. Once it's correctly hooked up, you'll want to install a print spooler daemon so that machines on the network (including the one housing the spooler) can send print jobs to the printer.