Installing printers on Debian

Copy and paste to terminal:

if command -v pacman &> /dev/null; then
    sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm cups cups-browsed avahi hplip gutenprint foomatic-db-engine \
    && sudo systemctl enable --now cups cups-browsed avahi-daemon
elif command -v apt &> /dev/null; then
    sudo apt update \
    && sudo apt install -y cups cups-browsed avahi-daemon hplip printer-driver-gutenprint \
    && sudo systemctl enable --now cups cups-browsed avahi-daemon
else
    echo "Unsupported Linux distro — install CUPS, Avahi, and drivers manually"
fi

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