Category:HOWTO

Printing in VE with Debian stable

Here are the steps to set up a print server (CUPS) on a VE using Debian.

1. Create the VE and do your initial setup.

2. apt-get cupsys cupsys-bsd foomatic-db cupsomatic-ppd (etc)

3. Return to the HN and do the following:
vzctl set <veid> --devnodes lp0:rw

4. If you configured parport, etc, as modules, you'll have to do the following:
vim /etc/modules parport parport_pc lp

5. Return to the VE and configure your printer in CUPS.