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USB Printer as a Network Printer
Example
For More Information
Setting Up Printers in SUSE Linux Systems
A USB printer can be connected to the FRITZ!Box for use as
a network printer. The printer is then available to all com-
puters connected with the FRITZ!Box.
You install the printer as "root" or "superuser".
1.
Open a console and enter the following command:
lpadmin -p <printer_name> -E -v socket://<IP_
address_of_the_FRITZ!Box>:<port> -m <printer_
description_file.ppd>
2.
For more information and instructions, go to the fol-
lowing web site:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/man-
lpadmin.html
The printer must be supported by CUPS (Common UNIX
Printing System) software and be detected correctly at the
USB port of the FRITZ!Box.
For a laser jet printer with the example name of
"LaserJet4" and the PPD file "laserjet.ppd" at a FRITZ!Box
with the default address 192.168.178.1, on the console
you must enter:
lpadmin -p LaserJet4 -E -v socket://192.168.178.1:9100 -
m laserjet.ppd
You can view the PPD files installed in the system with the
following command:
lpinfo -m
Please direct any questions about PPD files to the manu-
facturer of the printer or system used. More detailed infor-
mation on the CUPS printing software is included in the
following documentation:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php
More detailed questions on the setup should also be di-
rected to the manufacturer of the distribution or to an In-
ternet-based or usenet forum that deals with CUPS or the
distribution used.
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