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{{note| All the necessary printer software will be pre-installed in the full version of Manjaro. However, if installing the NET-Edition, a guide on installing CUPS, printer drivers, and other appropriate software can be found in the '''[[Install Printer Software|Install Printer Software article]]'''.}} | {{note| All the necessary printer software will be pre-installed in the full version of Manjaro. However, if installing the NET-Edition, a guide on installing CUPS, printer drivers, and other appropriate software can be found in the '''[[Install Printer Software|Install Printer Software article]]'''.}} | ||
If you find that you are unable to print, then it may be necessary to enable '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS | If you find that you are unable to print, then it may be necessary to enable '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS CUPS]''' (previously an acronym for '''C'''ommon '''U'''nix '''P'''rinting '''S'''ystem). This is a popular open source printing system used in most Linux distributions due to its ease of use. As stated by Wikipedia: | ||
:<blockquote>'' 'CUPS consists of a print spooler and scheduler, a filter system that converts the print data to a format that the printer will understand, and a backend system that sends this data to the print device. CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) as the basis for managing print jobs and queues.'' '</blockquote> | :<blockquote>'' 'CUPS consists of a print spooler and scheduler, a filter system that converts the print data to a format that the printer will understand, and a backend system that sends this data to the print device. CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) as the basis for managing print jobs and queues.'' '</blockquote> | ||