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Printing from Red Hat Linux
Adding a Printer
1. Click the printer icon
at the bottom of the desktop.
2. Since no printer is set up so far, a prompt appears asking to run the printer
configuration tool.
3. Click the
OK
button in the pop-up dialogue box to open the man
Printer
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configuration tool
menu. Note that to use the
Printer configuration tool
you must
have root privileges, and to start the application you may also type the command:
“redhat-config-printer”.
4. Click the
New
button
in the
Printer configuration tool
menu.
Printer Configuration Tool menu
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6. Enter a unique name for the printer in the
Name
text field. The printer name
cannot contain spaces and must begin with a letter. The printer name may contain
letters, numbers, dashes (-), and underscores (_). Optionally, enter a short
description for the printer, which can contain spaces. Then click
Forward
to enter
Queue type
window.
7. Select Networked UNIX (LPD) in the Select a queue type pull down menu, enter
the IP address of the print server to which the printer is attached in Server field, and
type the port name in queue field. Click Forward to select the type of printer.
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8. Select the printer model.
19216811.live