Adding Printers In Unix/Linux - Axis 5500 User Manual

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3.4 Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

The following printing tools are recommended for lpd printer configuration:
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.
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-gui in 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-tui
from a shell prompt.