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Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers (CUPS) |
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Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers
(CUPS)
This section provides information for installing or setting up the printer driver with CUPS
(Common UNIX Printing System) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop (32/64bit), SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (32/64bit), or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32/64bit).
Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop
Setup Overview
1 Install the printer driver.
2 Set up the print queue.
3 Specify the default queue.
4 Specify the printing options.
Installing the Printer Driver
1 Select Applications
J
System Tools
J
Terminal .
2 Type the following command in the terminal window.
The printer driver is installed.
Setting Up the Queue
To execute printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.
1 Open the URL " http://localhost:631 " using a web browser.
2 Click Administration .
3 Click Add Printer .
4 Type
root
as the user name, type the administrator password, and click OK .
For network connections:
a Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and click
Continue .
b Type the IP address of the printer in Connection , and click Continue .
Format:
lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
a Select Dell Color Printer S3840cdn from the Local Printers menu, and click
Continue .
su
(Type the administrator password)
rpm -ivh
(Type the file
path)
/Dell-Color-Printer-S3840cdn-*.*-*.noarch.r
pm