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to specify how the printer is connected to the machine. Then choose a suitable driver
and specify a unique name for the printer queue in the Set Name field.
A printer is never used directly, but always through a printer queue. This ensures that
simultaneous jobs can be queued and processed one after the other. Each printer queue
is assigned to a specific driver, and a printer can have multiple queues. This makes it
possible to set up a second queue on a color printer, that prints black only, for example.
Refer to Section "The Workflow of the Printing System" (Chapter 12, Printer Operation,
↑Administration Guide) for more information about print queues.
For many printer models, several drivers are available. When configuring the printer,
YaST defaults to the one marked recommended as a general rule. Normally it is be
necessary to change the driver—the recommended one should produce the best results.
However, if you want a color printer to print only in black and white, it is most conve-
nient to use a driver that does not support color printing, for example. If you experience
performance problems with a PostScript printer when printing graphics, it may help to
switch from a PostScript driver to a PCL driver (provided your printer understands
PCL).
If no driver for your printer is listed, you can try to select a generic driver with an ap-
propriate standard language from the list. Refer to your printer's documentation to find
out which language (the set of commands controlling the printer) your printer under-
stands. If this does not work, refer to Section "Adding Drivers with YaST" (page 59)
for another possible solution.
The printer is now configured with the default settings and ready to use. Click Finish
Add to return to the Printer Configurations view. The newly configured printer is now
visible in the printers list.
Adding Drivers with YaST
If your printer does not appear in the Assign Drivers dialog when adding a new printer,
the PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file for your model is not available. For more
information about PPD files, refer to Section "Installing the Software" (Chapter 12,
Printer Operation, ↑Administration Guide). To manually add a PPD file from the local
file system or an FTP or HTTP server, choose Add Driver.
Get PPD files directly from your printer vendor or from the driver CD of the printer.
For details, see Section "No Suitable PPD File Available for a PostScript Printer"
(Chapter 12, Printer Operation, ↑Administration Guide). Alternatively, you can also
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