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

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