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Setting the default queue, Specifying the printing options – Dell C3760dn Color Laser Printer User Manual

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Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers (CUPS)

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For USB connections:

a

Click Add.

b

Select Directly Connected Printers as Printer Type, and click Next.

c

Select USB Printer as Directly Connected Printers, and click Next.

d

Select //Dell/C3760dn Color Laser or //Dell/C3760n Color Laser as Device, and click Next.

e

Type the printer name in Name for Printing.

NOTE:

Printer Description and Printer Location do not have to be specified.

f

Select the Do Local Filtering check box, and click Next.

g

Select DELL as Manufacturer. Select C3760dn Color Laser or C3760n Color Laser as Model, and click Next.

h

Confirm the settings in Configuration, and click OK.

4 Click Finish.

Printing From the Applications

When you have finished setting up the queue you can print jobs from the applications. Start the print job from the

application, and specify the queue in the print dialog box.
However, sometimes you can print only from the default queue depending on the application (for example Mozilla).

In these cases, before you start printing, set queue you want to print to as the default queue. For information on

specifying the default queue, see "Setting the Default Queue."

Setting the Default Queue

1 To activate the Printer setup: Autodetected printers, do the following.

a

Select Computer More Applications... and select YaST on the Application Browser.

b

Type the administrator password, and click Continue.
YaST Control Center is activated.

c

Select Hardware on YaST Control Center, and select Printer.

2 Select the printer you want to set to default on the Printer Configuration, and select Set Default in the Other

button menu.

3 Click Finish.

Specifying the Printing Options

You can specify the printing options such as color mode.

1 Open a web browser.
2 Type http://localhost:631/admin in Location, and press .
3 Type root as the user name, and type the administrator password.

The

CUPS window appears.

NOTE:

Set the password for authority as the printer administrator before setting the printer queue. If you have not set it, go to

"Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator."

4 Click Manage Printers.
5 Specify the required settings, and click Continue.

The message

Printer xxx has been configured successfully. appears.

The setting is complete. Execute printing from the application.