Adding Printers In Unix/Linux; Print Tools - Axis 5500 User Manual

Section 5

Print Tools

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Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux

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.
The printing tool is called Printer Administrator. This operating environment has
an integrated printer driver list, but does not have printer detection
functionality.
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