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Installing the printer driver, Setting up the queue – Dell C2660dn Color Laser Printer User Manual

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Installing the Printer Driver

1 Select Computer More Applications... and select GNOME Terminal on the Application Browser.
2 Type the following command in the terminal window.

su
(Type the administrator password)
rpm -ivh (Type the file path)/Dell-C2660-Color-
Laser-x.x-x.noarch.rpm

The printer driver is installed.

Setting Up the Queue

To execute printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.

1 Select Computer More Applications..., and select YaST on the Application Browser.
2 Type the administrator password, and click Continue.

YaST Control Center is activated.

3 Select Hardware on YaST Control Center, and select Printer.

The

Printer Configurations dialog box opens.

For network connections:

a

Click Add.
The

Add New Printer Configuration dialog box opens.

b

Click Connection Wizard.
The

Connection Wizard dialog box opens.

c

Select Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Protocol from Access Network Printer or Printserver Box via.

d

Type the IP address of the printer in IP Address or Host Name:.

e

Select Dell in the Select the printer manufacturer: drop-down menu.

f

Click OK.
The

Add New Printer Configuration dialog box appears.

g

Select Dell C2660dn Color Laser PS vx.x [Dell/Dell_C2660dn_Color_Laser.ppd.gz] from the Assign Driver

list.

NOTE:

You can specify the printer name in Set Name:.

h

Confirm the settings, and click OK.

For USB connections:

a

Click Add.
The

Add New Printer Configuration dialog box opens.

The printer name is displayed in the

Determine Connection list.

b

Select Dell C2660dn Color Laser PS vx.x [Dell/Dell_C2660dn_Color_Laser.ppd.gz] from the Assign Driver

list.

NOTE:

You can specify the printer name in Set Name:.

c

Confirm the settings, and click OK.

Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers (CUPS)

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