Printer Configuration - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual

Chapter 33.

Printer Configuration

Printer Configuration Tool allows users to configure a printer. This tool helps maintain the printer
configuration file, print spool directories, print filters, and printer classes.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 uses the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS). If a system was
upgraded from a previous Red Hat Enterprise Linux version that used CUPS, the upgrade process
preserves the configured queues.
Using Printer Configuration Tool requires root privileges. To start the application, select
Applications (the main menu on the panel) => Administration => Printing, or type the command
system-config-printer at a shell prompt.
Figure 33.1. Printer Configuration Tool
The following types of print queues can be configured:
• AppSocket/HP JetDirect — a printer connected directly to the network through HP JetDirect or
Appsocket interface instead of a computer.
• Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) — a printer that can be accessed over a TCP/IP network via
the Internet Printing Protocol (for example, a printer attached to another Red Hat Enterprise Linux
system running CUPS on the network).
• LPD/LPR Host or Printer — a printer attached to a different UNIX system that can be accessed
over a TCP/IP network (for example, a printer attached to another Red Hat Enterprise Linux system
running LPD on the network).
• Networked Windows (SMB) — a printer attached to a different system which is sharing a printer
over an SMB network (for example, a printer attached to a Microsoft Windows™ machine).
• Networked JetDirect — a printer connected directly to the network through HP JetDirect instead of
a computer.
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