Installing The Printer Driver; Setting Up The Queue - Dell 5100cn Color Laser Printer User Manual

Installing CUPS (For Red Hat 8)
NOTE: If you use Red Hat 9, skip this section and go to
1. Select RedHat Menu ® System Settings ® Packages.
2. Type the administrator's password.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the Add or Remove Packages window.
4. Click Details in Printing Support.
The Printing Support Package Details window appears.
5. Select the CUPS check box in Extra Packages, and then click Close.
6. Click Update in the Add or Remove Packages window.
7. Click Continue in the Completed System Preparation window.
Installation starts. When you are requested to insert the Red Hat 8 CD during installation, insert it into the CD-ROM
disk drive.
8. The message Update Complete appears, and the installation is complete. Click OK.
9. Click Quit in the Add or Remove Packages window.
The installation is complete. Return to

Installing the Printer Driver

1. Double-click Dell-Laser-Printer-5100cn-x.x.x.noarch.rpm in the Drivers and Utilities CD.
2. Type the administrator's password.
3. Click Continue in the Completed System Preparation window.
Installation starts. When the installation is complete, the window is automatically closed.

Setting Up the Queue

To execute printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.
1. Select Main Menu ® Run Program. Type cupsconfig and click Run in the Run Program window.
The browser is activated and the CUPS window appears.
NOTE: For Red Hat 8, select GNOME Menu ® System Tools ® CUPS Printer Configuration.
2. Click Manage Printers.
3. Click Add Printer at the bottom of the window.
4. Type root as the user name, and type the administrator's password.
5. Type the printer's name in the Name box in the Add New Printer window, and then click Continue.
The Location and Description do not have to be specified.
6. Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from Device menu, and then click Continue.
7. Type the printer's IP address in Device URI.
Format: lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (printer's IP address)
8. Select Dell from the Make menu, and then click Continue.
"Installing the Printer
"Confirming the Printing System (For Red Hat
Driver."
8)."