Philips 5900 Typical Invocation via a Windows Manager, Typical Invocation from a Terminal Window

Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

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:
		Port number	LPT1	LPT2
		AXIS 5900	9900	9902
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.

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