Chapter 21 Printer Configuration - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 - OFFICIAL LINUX CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE Manual

Printer Configuration
21 Printer Configuration
Red Hat Linux no longer includes printtool. The printconf utility has replaced printtool. The print-
conf utility maintains the /etc/printcap configuration file, print spool directories, and print fil-
ters.
To use printconf, you must be running the X Window System and have root privileges. To start print-
conf, use one of the following methods:
• On the GNOME desktop, go to the
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Printer Configuration
• On the KDE desktop, go to the
Printer Configuration
• Type the command printconf-gui at a shell prompt (for example, in an XTerm or a GNOME
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terminal).
You can also run printconf as a text-based application if you do not have the X Window System in-
stalled, or you just prefer the text-based interface. To run it, 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.
Do not edit the /etc/printcap file. Each time the printer daemon (lpd)
is started or restarted, a new /etc/printcap file is dynamically created.
If you want to add a printer without using printconf, edit the /etc/printcap.local file. The en-
tries in /etc/printcap.local are not displayed in printconf but are read by the printer daemon.
If you upgrade your system from a previous version of Red Hat Linux, your existing configuration file
is converted to the new format used by printconf. Each time a new configuration file is generated by
printconf, the old file is saved as /etc/printcap.old.
1 If you type printtool at a shell prompt, printconf will start.
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