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Setting Up Printers in SUSE Linux Systems
Setting Up Printers in SUSE Linux Systems
You can connect a USB printer to the USB port of the
FRITZ!Box for use as a network printer. The printer is then
available to all computers connected with the FRITZ!Box.
Installing a Printer
You install the printer as “superuser”.
1.
Open a console and enter the following command:
lpadmin -p <printer_name> -E -v
socket://<IP_address_of_FRITZ!Box> -m
<printer_description_file.ppd>
2.
For information about the necessary settings, please
refer to:
http://www.cups.org/man/lpadmin.html
Example
For a laser jet printer with the example name of “Laserjet4”
and the PPD file “laserjet.ppd” at a FRITZ!Box with the de-
fault address 192.168.178.1, on the console you must enter:
lpadmin -p LaserJet4 -E -v
socket://192.168.178.1 -m laserjet.ppd
You can view the PPD files installed in the system with the
following command:
lpinfo -m
Please direct any questions about PPD files for your printer
to the manufacturer of the printer or system used. More de-
tailed information on the CUPS printing software is includ-
ed in the following documentation:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php
Configuration questions should also be directed to the
manufacturer of the distribution or to an Internet-based or
usenet forum that deals with CUPS or the distribution used.
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