Setting up the queue – Dell 2150cn/cdn Color Laser Printer User Manual

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Setting Up the Queue

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

1 Open the URL "http://localhost:631" using a web browser.
2 Click Administration.
3 Type root as the user name, and type the administrator password.
4 Click Add Printer.

Type the name of the printer in the Name box in the Add New Printer
window, and click Continue.

You can optionally specify the location and description of the printer for
further information.

For network connections:

a

Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Device menu, and click
Continue.

b

Type the IP address of the printer in Device URI.

c

Format: lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)

For USB connections with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS:

a

Select USB Printer #1 from the Device menu.

For USB connections with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Client:

a

Select Dell 2150cn Color Laser USB #1 or Dell 2150cn Color Laser
from the Device menu.

5 Select Dell from the Make menu, and click Continue.
6 Select Dell 2150cn Color Printer from the Model menu, and click

Continue.
The message Printer xxx has been added successfully. appears.

The setup is complete.

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.

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