Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring UNIX Printing Software on a Linux System
Running Printtool
The Printtool command creates an entry in
"Printer to Model Map File (printer2mdl)" on page 6-88
You must run the
i
Example:
To run printtool, enter the following command at the command line:
1. #
2. Click OK to ignore each message after it appears.
3. Highlight the printer that was created while running the
4. With the Local Printer option as the default, click OK.
5. Click OK a second time.
6. Enter the name of the print queue in the Name field (i.e., name of printer).
7. Update the spool directory with the printer that was created during the
8. Update the Printer Device to read
9. Update the Input Filter field with the filter directory that you defined during the
10. Click OK.
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setenv
# setenv display 10.10.156:0
printtool
Two system messages regarding samba and ncpfs will appear.
The Red Hat LINUX Print System Manager window appears.
Click
Add.
The Add a Printer Entry window appears.
The Edit Local Printer Entry window opens
script.
make_filter
Example:
/var/spool/lpd/printer32/
script.
make_filter
/etc/printcap
command before you can run Printtool.
/dev/null/.
UNIX Printing Software Administration and Installation Guide
. Refer to the section,
to learn more about this file.
script.
make_filter