I just switched my Ubuntu 20.04 installation from Gnome to KDE. Everything is going well except the Printers panel is missing from System Settings. According to various documentation I've found, it should appear between Power Management and Removable Storage, but KDE Connect is there instead. I've looked around for ways to install it and everything I see assumes it's just there by default. I like Plasma but I'd like to be able to control my printers without logging out and logging back in with Gnome, or using cups on the command line. Any advice?
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There are numerous packages that contain parts of KDE, some contain more than others.
kde-standard: (what you installed, selected parts of KDE only)
kde-full: (a more complete KDE group of KDE packages)
kubuntu-desktop: (what the Kubuntu team include which include more than just KDE components)
KDE packages contain KDE only; printing is included in other non-KDE packages (eg. kubuntu add what they feel you need in kubuntu-desktop).
Reading the package (eg. kubuntu-desktop you'll note it split into parts
- depends; these are required
- recommended - what Kubuntu recommend which include CUPS or printing functionality
- suggests - Kubuntu don't have any listed here
If you want to install the individual components, you're free to, and can look at the kubuntu-desktop package for clues as to what they add on top of the base Ubuntu system.
I believe you're looking for the the print-manager package.
Install it with:
sudo apt install print-managerThis is a recommended package of the kubuntu-desktop package. guiverc's answer explains in more detail.
