Note: All command "code" will be executed as Admin/"ROOT" apart paru-command, the AUR-Helper "Paru" (or another one you like) should be installed before you start with printer installation. When you are ready, open a terminal and become "ROOT"/Admin with [code]: sudo -i, insert your password when asked and be carefully !

pacman -S --needed cups-openrc cups-pdf  cups print-manager system-config-printer

• Following [code] will show you the start-time, e.g. default

rc-update -v show | grep avahi-daemon

rc-update -v show | grep cupsd

• In case one or both the services are not yet added>>

rc-update add avahi-daemon default

rc-update add cupsd default

• You can countercheck if successful with commands in § 2.

rc-status | grep avahi-daemon

rc-status | grep cupsd

• To see all service-s_status alphabetically sorted and in "verbose"-mode use:

rc-status --servicelist -s | sort -n

• To see all service-s not sorted but in "verbose"-mode btw. you can use the "search"-function of terminal after result with keys-combination [SHIFT + CTRL + F] and inserting the name of the service>>

rc-status --servicelist -s

rc-service avahi-daemon start

rc-service cupsd start

• If all going well, recheck the status as in § 4. shown.

rc-service --debug avahi-daemon start

rc-service --debug cupsd start

• Use the output of above two commands for asking support in the forum

• Check services cupsd and avahi-daemon are up and running as in § 4. shown !

Note: Use paru as $USER and not as $ADMIN, even don't use sudo, the app will ask you for the password when is time to install.

paru -S --needed brother-hl3152cdw

• In case you know only the manufacturer or model of your printer, use the search function of AUR-Helper (paru) as follow:

paru brother

paru hl3152cdw

paru hl3152

• Your printer-name or -model can be different !

• System-Settings can be called different depending of your Desktop-Environment.
• I prefer to configure the printes over systemsettings. For people that prefer to manage printers over web-browser... insert http://localhost:631 in your preferred (web-browser) application.

1. Open systemsettings/Printers and click on Add Printer, choose your printer and select/follow the recommendations.
2. Ones the printer is added, you can Configure page-size, printing-quality, etc..
3. Under menu Maintenance you can choose to print a test-page.

• For this follow the instruction as for § 8.1. but... either all printing come to $HOME or $USER or to
  /var/spool/cups-pdf/UserName/.
• If by printig of test-page you cannot find the files under $HOME or $USER or you want all PDF-Printing come under /home/UserName/PDF/ or elsewhere...

1. Open with an Editor /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf, around line 42 you will find § ### Key: Out (config).
2. At end of § add following line: Out /home/tony/PDF/or Out /home/${USER}/PDF/, the result of these two kind of manner to write is the same.
   Note: tony is an example for a "UserName" and PDF an example for a "FolderName", the folder PDF (or whatever you like to call it) must be already created by you at prior.

• The whole § look like this:

### Key: Out (config)
##  CUPS-PDF output directory 
##  special qualifiers: 
##     ${HOME} will be expanded to the user's home directory
##     ${USER} will be expanded to the user name
##  in case it is an NFS export make sure it is exported without
##  root_squash! 
### Default: /var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}
Out /home/${USER}/PDF/

• Don't forget to save/store the modified file in order to take effect!

3. In case you want to move/copy the already "printed" files, you can do it with the File-Manager, in case the copied file were in
   /var/spool/cups-pdf/UserName/ and after copy you want to delete/remove these... open Terminal and...:

cd /var/spool/cups-pdf/tony/

sudo rm *.*

• Done & Enjoy !