Epiphan VGA Printer - Manual (Page 27)

3. Printing Basics Adding Printers
User Guide Page 27
3. Printing Basics
This chapter describes how to add a printer, and print captured
images. This chapter contains the following sections:
•
Adding Printers
• Printing a Captured Image
Adding Printers
You can add a printer to the VGA Printer device if the printer is
connected directly to a VGA Printer USB port or if the printer is
connected to the same network as the VGA Printer device.
You can add almost any printer, but Epiphan recommends that
you add a compatible printer listed on the VGA Printer
compatible printers page of the Epiphan Web Site. This page
contains the up-to-date list of recommended and supported
printers. PostScript printers are recommended for fastest
printing.
Note: To add a printer that is not supported by the VGA Printer
device, see the information provided in Chapter 5. “Advanced
Printer Configuration” on page 57 .
The VGA Printer device uses the Common UNIX Printing System
(CUPS) to communicate with locally connected and network
connected printers. This section describes some basic procedures
for using the VGA Printer CUPS implementation. For detailed
information about CUPS, see http://www.cups.org .
Note: Chapter 5. “Advanced Printer Configuration” on page 57
contains additional detailed CUPS-related procedures for the
VGA Printer device.
The procedures for adding a local or a network printer are
similar. This procedure describes how to add either type of
printer. Before starting this procedure: