Typical invocation via a windows manager, Typical invocation from a terminal window – Philips AXIS 5900 User Manual
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Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux
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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual
Typical Invocation via a Windows Manager
Using the Mandrake 8.2 distribution (with CUPS installed) and the KDE
windows manger as an example, a typical set-up begins with starting
Mandrake Control Center.
1. Click
Hardware | Printer and the Printerdrake application will be invoked.
2. Click
Expert Mode to be able to add a network printer.
3. Click the
Add a new printer button.
Print Queues
Five types of print queues can be configured in the Mandrake
distribution:
•
Local Printer
•
Printer on remote lpd server
•
Network printer (TCP/Socket)
•
Printer on SMB/Windows 95/98/NT server
•
A printer device URl
4. Select the
Network printer radio button and click Next.
5. Enter the IP address or host name of the print server as well as the port you
want to use. Port numbers available for TCP/IP are:
6. Click
Next.
7. Fill in data to help users identify the printer, i.e. name, description and
location. Click
Next.
8. Select printer model and click
Next.
9. Configure the printer and click
Next. The printer is set up. Click Finish and
the printer is accessible.
Typical Invocation from a Terminal Window
Still using Mandrake as an example, open a Terminal Window and type
the command
printtool
. If you are in a terminal window, the graphic
version will start (as described above). If you do not have the X Window
System installed, the command will start a text based version. The same
information as was described above will be needed.
Note:
In Mandrake, even if you type
printtool
at a shell prompt,
printerdrake
will
automatically start.
Port number
LPT1
LPT2
AXIS 5900
9900
9902