Installing Raspberry Pi OS and CUPS for remote printing on a Raspberry Pi Zero W

Raspberry Pi OS Download Link

https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/

Note: For raspberry pi zero w choose 32bit and Lite version

To update raspberry pi os after installation

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

To list ip address

ip ad

or

ifconfig

To configure WIFI

sudo nmtui

To reboot

sudo reboot

or

sudo shutdown -r now

To shutdown

sudo halt

or

sudo shutdown -h now

To login via ssh

from host terminal

ssh username@ip_address

ex

ssh bossing@192.168.0.25

To install cups

sudo apt install cups

To check open ports and listening ip addresses

netstat -tan

To check groups for current user

groups

To add current user to a specific group (ex lpadmin) - Note need to logout/login to reflect changes

sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin $USER

or hard code the username

sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin username

To make cups listen to all interface/ip address

sudo cupsctl --remote-any

then restart cups service

sudo systemctl restart cups

To list currently connected usb devices

lsusb