Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux
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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual
Typical Invocation via a Windows Manager
Using the Mandrake 8.2 distribution (with CUPS installed) and the KDE
windows manger as an example, a typical set-up begins with starting
Mandrake Control Center.
1. Click
Hardware
|
Printer
and the
Printerdrake
application will be invoked.
2. Click
Expert Mode
to be able to add a network printer.
3. Click the
Add a new printer
button.
Print Queues
Five types of print queues can be configured in the Mandrake
distribution:
•
Local Printer
•
Printer on remote lpd server
•
Network printer (TCP/Socket)
•
Printer on SMB/Windows 95/98/NT server
•
A printer device URl
4. Select the
Network printer
radio button and click
Next
.
5. Enter the IP address or host name of the print server as well as the port you
want to use. Port numbers available for TCP/IP are:
6. Click
Next
.
7. Fill in data to help users identify the printer, i.e. name, description and
location. Click
Next
.
8. Select printer model and click
Next
.
9. Configure the printer and click
Next
. The printer is set up. Click
Finish
and
the printer is accessible.
Typical Invocation from a Terminal Window
Still using Mandrake as an example, open a Terminal Window and type
the command
printtool
. If you are in a terminal window, the graphic
version will start (as described above). If you do not have the X Window
System installed, the command will start a text based version. The same
information as was described above will be needed.
Note:
In Mandrake, even if you type
printtool
at a shell prompt,
printerdrake
will
automatically start.
Port number
LPT1
LPT2
AXIS 5900
9900
9902