Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 456

Hardware Connection (Port)
The configuration of the hardware connection depends on whether YaST has been
able to find the printer during hardware autodetection. If YaST is able to detect the
printer model automatically, it can be assumed that the printer connection works
on the hardware level and no settings need to be changed in this respect. If YaST
is unable to autodetect the printer model, there may be some problem with the
connection on the hardware level. In this case, some manual intervention is required
to configure the connection.
In the Printer Configuration dialog, press Add to start the manual configuration
workflow. Here, select your Printer Type (for example USB printer) and, with
Next, enter the Printer Connection and select the device.
Name of the Queue
The queue name is used when issuing print commands. The name should be rela-
tively short and consist of lowercase letters and numbers only. Enter the Name for
printing in the next dialog (Queue name).
Printer Model and PPD File
All printer-specific parameters, such as the Ghostscript driver to use and the printer
filter parameters for the driver, are stored in a PPD (PostScript Printer Description)
file. See
about PPD files.
For many printer models, several PPD files are available, for example, if several
Ghostscript drivers work with the given model. When you select a manufacturer
and a model in the next dialog (Printer model), YaST selects the PPD file that
corresponds to the printer. If several PPD files are available for the model, YaST
defaults to one of them (normally the one marked recommended). You can change
the chosen PPD file in the next dialog with Edit.
For non-PostScript models, all printer-specific data is produced by the Ghostscript
driver. For this reason, the driver configuration is the single most important factor
determining the output quality. The printout is affected both by the kind of
Ghostscript driver (PPD file) selected and the options specified for it. If necessary,
change additional options (as made available by the PPD file) after selecting Edit.
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Section 24.3, "Installing the Software" (page 454) for more information