Adding Printers In Unix/Linux; Print Tools - Axis 5900 User Manual

Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

Section 7 Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

Print Tools

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For printer configuration, printtool and printconfig are the most common.
How they are invoked depends on which distribution and window
manager you use.
SMIT is the recommended printing tool. It contains an integrated printer
driver list, but does not have printer detection functionality.
Instructions:
Type the command smit in a Terminal window, then click Print
Spooling.
printtool is the recommended printing tool. The program contains an
integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection
functionality.
Instructions:
Type the command printtool in a Terminal window to start the
graphical version.
Sam is the recommended printing tool. It doesn't provide an integrated
printer driver list, nor printer detection functionality.
Instructions:
Type the command sam in a Terminal window, click Printers and
Plotters and then click Actions and Add_Remote Printer/Plotter.
printerdrake is the recommended printing tool. It contains an integrated
printer driver list, but does not have printer detection ability.
printconf is the recommended printing tool. The program contains an
integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection
functionality.
Instructions:
Type the command printconf-gui in a Terminal window to start the
graphical version.
You can also run printconf as a text-based application if you do not have
the X Window System installed, or if you prefer the text-based interface.
Log in as root (or use the command su to temporarily change to the root
user), and type the command /usr/sbin/printconf-tui from a
shell prompt.
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