Red Hat 7.3 - Axis 5900 User Manual

Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

Red Hat 7.3

Note:
Invocation
Print Queues
Important!
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Printtool has been replaced by Printconf. The utility maintains the
/etc/printcap configuration file, print spool directories, and print filters.
If you type at a shell prompt,
printtool
1. On the Gnome desktop, select the Main Menu button (on the Panel) =>
Programs => System => Printer Configuration to start the graphical
version.
2. On the KDE desktop, select the Main Menu button (on the Panel) => Red
Hat => System => Printer Configuration to start the graphical version.
3. Type the command
printconf -gui
XTerm or a Gnome terminal) to start the graphical version.
4. You can also run
printconf
the X Window System installed, or you just prefer the text based interface.
To run it, log in as root (or use the command
the root user), and type the command
a shell prompt.
Five types of print queues can be configured with
Hat distribution:
• Local Printer
• Unix Printer (lpd Spool)
• Windows Printer (SMB)
• Novell Printer (NCP Queue)
• JetDirect Printer
• Do not edit the /etc/printcap file. Each time the printer deamon (lpd) is started /restarted, a
new /etc/printcap file is dynamically created.
• If you want to add a printer without using printconf, edit the /etc/printcap.local file. The
entries in /etc/printcap.local are not displayed in printconf but are read by the printer
daemon.
• If you upgrade your system from a previous version of Red Hat Linux, your existing
configuration file is converted to the new format used by printconf. Each time a new
configuration file is generated by printconf, the old file is saved as /etc/printcap.old.
• If you add a new print queue or modify an existing one, you need to restart the printer
daemon (lpd) for the changes to take effect.
• Clicking the Apply button saves any changes that you have made and restarts the printer
daemon. The changes are not written to the /etc/printcap configuration file until the
printer daemon (lpd) is restarted. Alternatively, you can choose File => Save Changes and
then choose File => Restart lpd to save your changes and then restart the printer daemon.
• If a printer appears in the main printer list with the Queue Type set to INVALID, the printer
configuration is missing options that are required for the printer to function properly. To
remove this printer from the list, select it from the list and click the Delete button.
will automatically start.
printconf
at a shell prompt (for example, in an
as a text based application if you do not have
to temporarily change to
su
/usr/sbin/printconf -tui
printconf
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