diff --git a/modules/common/services/default.nix b/modules/common/services/default.nix
index 73795c0ac2..37b098357c 100644
--- a/modules/common/services/default.nix
+++ b/modules/common/services/default.nix
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
     ./pdfopen.nix
     ./namespaces.nix
     ./yubikey.nix
+    ./printer.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/common/services/printer.nix b/modules/common/services/printer.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..667c83a92f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/common/services/printer.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2024 TII (SSRC) and the Ghaf contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.ghaf.services.printer;
+  inherit (lib) mkIf mkEnableOption;
+in
+{
+  options.ghaf.services.printer = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "Printer configuration for app-vms";
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    services.printing.enable = true;
+    services.avahi = {
+      enable = true;
+      nssmdns4 = true;
+      reflector = true;
+    };
+    environment.etc."chromium/bookmarks.html".text =
+      ''
+        <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
+        <!-- This is an automatically generated file.
+             It will be read and overwritten.
+             DO NOT EDIT! -->
+        <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+        <TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>
+        <H1>Bookmarks</H1>
+        <DL><p>
+            <DT><H3 ADD_DATE="1726234624" LAST_MODIFIED="1726234726" PERSONAL_TOOLBAR_FOLDER="true">Bookmarks bar</H3>
+            <DL><p>
+      ''
+      + "<DT><A HREF=\"http://localhost:631/\" ADD_DATE=\"1726234644\" ICON=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAIAAACQkW"
+      + "g2AAABj0lEQVQ4jZWST8tBQRTG589x76SmW8qNlZuNkrg2VpQUFr6HjU/lS4gs2NmxslBSysaGy2TkGjPvYuqm3pVZnZ7nd86p5wwej8folwdRFP3WcLvdft5gjMEYI4S+C2v"
+      + "/1+F6vWKMjTHGGEqp1joZZjlKqVIKIUQIMcbA5XKJ4xgAAEAIwRhL+hljSikhhOd51nVdl2az2UwmMxwOW63W6/Vqt9vr9XowGARB0Ov1giBIpVLdbrdSqZzP5+PxCEKI0Wi0"
+      + "2Wwmk0mj0SgWi1JK3/cB4H6/c87DMHQcRwjx+XwwxoQQIoTwfb9Wq+VyOa11uVzmnEspC4XCfD5fLBb7/T6fzzebTSklLZVKu90uDMNqtTqdTk+nU7/fX61Wh8Nhu93OZjPOe"
+      + "b1ej6JouVw+Hg/c6XSUUs/nEyHkOI7WWmttw8EYp9NpKWUcx5RSQojrumCMAQDP8xBCFrUp2WTf77fjOIwxm7LWGqyhtbapWzU5hb1X4mKMwULfgy2U3M4qiQvfxDf6X7E1+e"
+      + "nnIYT+ABKG4uJL4UAgAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\">CUPS</A>"
+      + ''
+            </DL><p>
+        </DL><p>
+      '';
+    programs.chromium.initialPrefs = {
+      "import_bookmarks" = false;
+      "distribution" = {
+        "import_bookmarks" = false;
+        "import_bookmarks_from_file" = "/etc/chromium/bookmarks.html";
+        "bookmark_bar" = {
+          "show_on_all_tabs" = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/reference/appvms/business.nix b/modules/reference/appvms/business.nix
index 60ffaca37b..6c0a16dfb7 100644
--- a/modules/reference/appvms/business.nix
+++ b/modules/reference/appvms/business.nix
@@ -99,12 +99,8 @@ in
       # Set default PDF XDG handler
       xdg.mime.defaultApplications."application/pdf" = "ghaf-pdf.desktop";
 
-      services.printing.enable = true;
-      services.avahi = {
-        enable = true;
-        nssmdns4 = true;
-        reflector = true;
-      };
+      # Enable printer service
+      ghaf.services.printer.enable = true;
 
       # TODO: Add a way to configure the gpclient
       # also check the openconnect cli options https://discourse.nixos.org/t/globalprotect-vpn/24014/5
diff --git a/modules/reference/appvms/chromium.nix b/modules/reference/appvms/chromium.nix
index c7b289b861..8cad12de9e 100644
--- a/modules/reference/appvms/chromium.nix
+++ b/modules/reference/appvms/chromium.nix
@@ -90,12 +90,8 @@ in
       # Set default PDF XDG handler
       xdg.mime.defaultApplications."application/pdf" = "ghaf-pdf.desktop";
 
-      services.printing.enable = true;
-      services.avahi = {
-        enable = true;
-        nssmdns4 = true;
-        reflector = true;
-      };
+      # Enable printer service
+      ghaf.services.printer.enable = true;
     }
   ];
   borderColor = "#630505";
diff --git a/overlays/custom-packages/cups/default.nix b/overlays/custom-packages/cups/default.nix
index c71773c29f..497064f468 100644
--- a/overlays/custom-packages/cups/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/custom-packages/cups/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 { final, prev }:
 prev.cups.overrideAttrs (
   _final: _prev: {
-    version = "17.5.229";
+    # Due to the incorrect printer URI bug: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/998
     src = final.fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "OpenPrinting";
       repo = "cups";