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Figure 24.1 Selecting the Printer Model
Always check whether your settings work as expected by printing the test page. If
the output is garbled, for example, with several pages almost empty, you should
be able to stop the printer by first removing all paper then stopping the test from
YaST.
If the printer database does not include an entry for your model, you can either add
a new PPD file by selecting Add PPD File to Database, or use a collection of
generic PPD files to make the printer work with one of the standard printer lan-
guages. To do so, select UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER as your printer manufac-
turer.
Advanced Settings
Normally, you do not need to change any of these settings.
24.4.2 Network Printers
A network printer can support various protocols, some of them even concurrently. Al-
though most of the supported protocols are standardized, some manufacturers expand
(modify) the standard because they test systems that have not implemented the standard
correctly or because they want to provide certain functions that are not available in the
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