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→‎with cups (on ubuntu and tested on arch): turn into more readable step-by-step instructions

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 Original listserv announcement: http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-sys/2013-December/000144.html
-==with cups (on ubuntu and tested on arch)==
+==bare-metal linux instructions==
-install "cups"
-go to localhost:631
-use these settings:
+# Install & run [https://www.cups.org/ CUPS]
-Description:
+#* On Ubuntu/Mint:
-Location:	sudo
+#** <code>apt-get install cups</code>
+#** <code>service start cups</code>
-Driver:	Brother HL-1250 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended) (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
+#* On Debian:
+#** <code>apt-get install cups</code>
-Connection:	lpd://192.168.1.8/queue
+#** <code>/etc/init.d/cups start</code>
+#* On Arch Linux:
-Defaults:	job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided
+#** <code>pacman -Syu cups</code>
+#** <code>systemctl start cups</code>
+# You configure CUPS through the browser at: http://localhost:631/admin
+# Click on <code>Add Printer</code>. It will ask you for your root password. This is very insecure but it's how some stupid Linux things work!
+#* User Name: root
+#* Password: your root password
+# Under '''Other Network Printers''', select: <code>LPD/LPR Host or Printer</code> and press <code>continue</code>
+# Under '''Connection''', enter this string: <code>lpd://192.168.1.8/queue</code>
+# Choose a name, description & location you will remember, then press <code>continue</code>
+# Under '''Make''', select Brother. Press <code>continue</code>.
+# Under '''Model''', select: <code>Brother HL-1250 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended)</code>.
+# Press <code>Add Printer</code>.
+# Try printing a test page!