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Setting Up Printers in SUSE Linux Systems
Setting Up Printers in SUSE Linux Systems
A USB printer can be connected 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.
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_number> -m <printer_
description_file.ppd>
2.
For more information and instructions, go to the fol-
lowing web site:
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 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 manufac-
turer of the printer or system used. More detailed informa-
tion on the CUPS printing software is included in the follow-
ing documentation:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php
Configuration questions should also be directed to the
manufacturer of the Linux distribution or to an Internet or
usenet forum that deals with CUPS or the distribution used.
