Adding A Local Printer - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 - OFFICIAL LINUX CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE Manual

Section 21.1:Adding a Local Printer
If you add a new print queue or modify an existing one, you need to restart
the printer daemon (lpd) for the changes to take effect.
Clicking the button saves any changes that you have made and restarts the printer daemon. The
Apply
changes are not written to the /etc/printcap configuration file until the printer daemon (lpd) is
restarted. Alternatively, you can choose
to save your changes and then restart the printer daemon.
If a printer appears in the main printer list with the
ration is missing options that are required for the printer to function properly. To remove this printer
from the list, select it from the list and click the

21.1 Adding a Local Printer

To add a local printer such as one attached to the parallel port or USB port of your computer, click
button in the main printconf window. The window shown in Figure 21–2, Adding a Printer
the
New
will appear. Click
Next
Important
File =>
to proceed.
Save Changes and then choose
set to
Queue Type
Delete button.
File => Restart lpd
, the printer configu-
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