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USB Printer as a Network Printer
Setting Up Printers in SUSE Linux Systems
A USB printer can be connected to the FRITZ!Box for use as
a network printer. The printer is then available to all com-
puters connected with the FRITZ!Box.
You install the printer as “root” or
“
superuser”.
1.
Open a console and enter the following command:
lpadmin -p <printer_name> -E -v socket://<IP_
address_of_the_FRITZ!Box>:<port> -m <printer_
description_file.ppd>
2.
For more information and instructions, go to the fol-
lowing web site:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/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 default address 192.168.178.1, on the console
you must enter:
lpadmin -p LaserJet4 -E -v socket://192.168.178.1:9100 -
m laserjet.ppd
You can view the PPD files installed in the system with the
following command:
lpinfo -m
For More Information
Please direct any questions about PPD files to the manu-
facturer of the printer or system used. More detailed infor-
mation on the CUPS printing software is included in the
following documentation:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php
More detailed questions on the setup should also be di-
rected to the manufacturer of the distribution or to an In-
ternet-based or usenet forum that deals with CUPS or the
distribution used.
The printer must be supported by CUPS (Common UNIX
Printing System) software and be detected correctly at the
USB port of the FRITZ!Box.