組態印表機是管理者與使用者頭痛的項目之一。感謝 IPP 協定 (Internet Printing Protocol) 的自由印表機伺服器 cups，這些頭痛已過去了。

This program is divided over several Debian packages: cups is the central print server; cups-bsd is a compatibility layer allowing use of commands from the traditional BSD printing system (lpd daemon, lpr and lpq commands, etc.); cups-client contains a group of programs to interact with the server (block or unblock a printer, view or delete print jobs in progress, etc.); and finally, printer-driver-gutenprint contains a collection of additional printer drivers for cups.

組態這些套件後，可經由網頁介面進入本地位址就能管理 cups：http://localhost:631/。可以新增、移除與管理印表機 (包括網路印表機)。也可以在桌面環境以圖形介面管理 cups。最後，還有 system-config-printer 圖形介面 (來自同名的 Debian 套件) 可用。