Axis Communications Network Print Servers Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux, Print Tools, Spooling

Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

Section 7 Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

Print Tools

For printer configuration, printtool and printconfig are the most common. How they are invoked depends on which distribution and window manager you use.

AIX SMIT is the recommended printing tool. It contains an integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection functionality.

Instructions:

Type the command smit in a Terminal window, then click Print

Spooling.

Debian printtool is the recommended printing tool. The program contains an integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection functionality.

Instructions:

Type the command printtool in a Terminal window to start the graphical version.

HP UX Sam is the recommended printing tool. It doesn’t provide an integrated printer driver list, nor printer detection functionality.

Instructions:

Type the command sam in a Terminal window, click Printers and

Plotters and then click Actions and Add_Remote Printer/Plotter.

Mandrake printerdrake is the recommended printing tool. It contains an integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection ability.

Red Hat printconf is the recommended printing tool. The program contains an integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection functionality.

Instructions:

Type the command printconf-guiin a Terminal window to start the graphical version.

You can also run printconf as a text-based application if you do not have the X Window System installed, or if you prefer the text-based interface. Log in as root (or use the command su to temporarily change to the root user), and type the command /usr/sbin/printconf-tuifrom a shell prompt.

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