Configuring printers for Windows computers has always been a fairly easy process. In the Linux world though, just the opposite has been true until fairly recently. Now, just about every Linux distro comes with a graphical utility for adding and configuring printers. But, most of the time, you'll open that utility only to find that the printer has already been detected and installed on your system. So now, printer installation with Linux is even easier than it is with Windows.

On the latest version of Ubuntu just click on Administration --- Printing to add a new printer.

Click the new button at the top of the window and select the Printer option.

Now wait while your printer is found.