Installing Printer Drivers On Linux Computers (Cups) - Dell E525w User Manual

Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers (CUPS)

This section provides information for installing or setting up the printer driver with CUPS (Common UNIX Printing
®
System) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Desktop
Setup Overview
1 Install the printer driver.
2 Set up the print queue.
3 Specify the default queue.
4 Specify the printing options.
Installing the Printer Driver
1 Select Applications System Tools  Terminal.
2 Enter the following command in the terminal window.
su
(Enter the administrator password)
rpm -ivh (Enter the file path)/Dell-Color-MFP-
E525w-x.x-x.noarch.rpm
The printer driver is installed.
Setting Up the Queue
To execute 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 Click Add Printer.
4 Enter root as the user name, enter the administrator password, and click OK.
For network connections:
Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and click Continue.
a
Enter the IP address of the printer in Connection, and click Continue.
b
Format: lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
Select your printer name from the Local Printers menu, and click Continue.
a
5 Enter the name of the printer in the Name text box in the Add Printer window, and click Continue.
You can optionally specify the location and description of the printer for further information.
6 Select Dell from the Make menu, and click Continue.
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Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers (CUPS)
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6.1 Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, and Ubuntu
11
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12.04.