How to add printer in TemplateVM

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Hello,

i installed the proprietary vendor drivers for my multifunction printer in TemplateVM.
What i have to type in under system-config-printer? How do i have to configure the printer without CUPS?
Do i have to type in the settings in the TemplateVM or can i type it in in the DisposableVM-Template?

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Were you following this guide?

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I do not understand how i can add a printer in the printer settings GUI. What do i have to type in? If i click “Find” under “Find Network Printer” it asks for authentication. I don’t know what it wants from me. My firewall has default settings. unman said in another thread install drivers in TemplateVM and finish settings in the AppVM. But i don’t understand it completely… also it lists not printer in the GUI. Also it says connected to localhost…

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I use debian-10 as template.

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  1. Open Qube Settings for the debian-10 template VM and set Networking to sys-firewall.
  2. Open a Terminal in debian-10 and run system-config-printer.
  3. Configure your printer (Find → Find Network Printer, etc).
  4. Open Qube Settings for debian-10 and set Networking to none.
  5. Shutdown debian-10.

The printer should now be available in any App VM’s based on the debian-10 template.

That’s because it is connecting to the CUPS printer server on localhost. That is normal.

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It’s bad form to expose templates to the network, particularly a core
template like debian-10. I wouldn’t do it.
There are alternatives - configure a print qube, use it as the basis for
disposableVMs, and qvm-open-in-dvm documents to be printed; configure
a print qube, and qvm-open-in-vm documents to it; configure a print
server, and send jobs to it via qrexec. Any of these seem preferable.

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Technically it’s only exposed for as long as it takes to setup the printer (networking is set to none in step 4), but you are right.

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can someone explain to me how i can choose a manually installed driver that i installed via dpkg before in the printer setup(GUI) wizard?

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Not sure if i get above posts right, just thought i mention it.
I wouldn’t trust the printer manufacturer, clone the debian-10 template and install printer drivers in the clone and go from there. When opening a pdf it starts a dispVM based on the clone template that has no internet access.

Edit: Just saw Salting your Qubes and i am wondering how the print server works.

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