Installing Printer Drivers On Linux Computers (Cups); Operation On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop - Dell H625cdw User Manual

Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers
(CUPS)
This section provides information for installing or setting up the print driver with
Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on Red Hat
Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
The following procedure uses Dell H825cdw as an example.

Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop

Setup Overview
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop:
1 Install the print driver.
2 Set up the print queue.
3 Set up the default queue.
4 Specify the printing options.
Installing the Print Driver
1 Select Applications
2 Enter the following command in the terminal window.
su
[administrator password]
rpm -ivh [file path]
/Dell-MFP-S2825cdn-H825cdw-x.x-x.rpm
Setting Up the Print Queue
To perform 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 Enter root as the user name, enter the administrator password, and then click OK.
For network connections:
a Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and
then click Continue.
b Enter the IP address of the printer in Connection, and then click Continue.
Format: lpd:// xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
a Select Dell Color MFP H825cdw from the Local Printers menu, and then click
Continue.
System Tools Terminal.
Add Printer.

Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers (CUPS)

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