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6.5. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer Figure 17.19. Testing the Printer 6.4.4. It’s Done If you’re not satisfied with your test page, answer the appropriate question with No and you will be led to the printer configuration menu (see Figure 17.20, Modifying an Existing Printer [247]) where you can correct the settings. See Section 6.5, Reconfiguring an Existing Printer [246]. Your printer will now appear in the list of available printers in the main window (see Figure 17.12, Managing Printers [238]). 6.5. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer Double-clicking on a printer’s name in the list, or clicking on the Edit button, dis plays a menu where you can choose actions to take on the selected printer (Figure 17.20, Modifying an Existing Printer [247]). Each option gives access to a particular step of the wizard we described above (see Section 6.4, The Printer Configuration Wizard [241]). One difference is that the current settings are predefined in all fields, and you may update them where required.

6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard 6.4.2. Printing Options Once the configuration is done, the options associated with the chosen printer are shown (see Figure 17.18, Configuring the Printer’s Options [245]). It’s important you choose the proper settings (such as paper size, media source, etc.) currently installed on the printer. If the settings you choose are incorrect, printing may fail. Figure 17.18. Configuring the Printer’s Options For settings referring to printout quality, bear in mind that higher quality levels may make the printing operation slower and may consume more ink. 6.4.3. Printer Test A few test pages are available (see Figure 17.19, Testing the Printer [246]). We recommend you print at least one test page so you can immediately correct the parameters if something goes wrong. The printer should begin to print almost immediately.

6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard Figure 17.17. Choosing a Name for your Printer Provide a name for your printer. The printer name must contain only letters, numbers and the underscore ( _ ) character. It’s better to limit its length to 12 characters maximum so that Windows clients don’t have problems when accessing it through Samba. If you have one or more configured printers, you are asked whether the printer you are configuring is to be the default printer. If you say No , the previous default printer will be retained. Finally we strongly recommend that you print a test page in order to make sure everything works as expected.

6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard PrinterDrake displays your printer’s model name. Choose Select model manually if it’s incorrect. Select the printer you have or a compatible one (see Figure 17.16, Choosing the Printer Model [243]) if yours is not specifically listed. Figure 17.16. Choosing the Printer Model If you want to install the driver supplied by your printer manufacturer, click on the Install a manufacturer-supplied PPD file button and select the medium containing the PPD file and browse to it. Accept subsequent dialogs to use your chosen PPD file.

6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard Figure 17.15. Printer Type Select the printer you want to add from the list. If the detected printer isn’t the correct one check the Manual configuration box and proceed with the printer model step (see Figure 17.17, Choosing a Name for your Printer [244]). If autodetection fails, remove the check mark from all check boxes, click on Next and follow the instructions below. If you own a multi-function device such as those of HP or Sony, an information window pops up and gives you information about your scanner and scanner software (Section 3.1.1, ScannerDrake [170]). Additional packages are also installed.

6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard A number of options are available to further secure and enhance your print server features: The printers on this machine are available to other computers Allows other computers to print on printers configured locally. Remember to restrict access by clicking on Printer sharing on hosts/networks (see below). Automatically find available printers on remote machines Tells your print server to automatically make all printers found on other servers available on the local network, as if they were locally connected to your print server. This way your system’s users are able to print on any printer the print server sees . If the remote printers you intend to use are served by a server not on your local network, you can still tell the print server to use them with the Additional CUPS servers button (see below). Printer sharing on hosts/networks Allows you to specify from which networks the local printers are made available. Additional CUPS servers Allows you to specify one or more CUPS servers to which you can connect and access printers. Specify the IP address and port of the CUPS server in the dialog. Japanese text printing mode Replaces the original text filter for one more suited to Japanese texts, but with less features. Use it if you have to print Japanese text-only files. 6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard Click on Add printer and the configuration wizard comes up. 6.4.1. Detecting a Printer This tools enables the auto-detection of locally connected printers, network printers, and finally printers served by SMB (Windows) servers. First choose which type of printer you want to add (Local printer, Network printer, Printer on remote lpd server, etc.).

6.3. Print Server General Configuration This dialog enables you to switch between the client and server printing modes through the Remote CUPS server and no local CUPS daemon button. 6.3.1. Client Mode Figure 17.14. Client Mode Configuration Select the On option to connect to another printer server. You then just need to specify the name or IP address of that server in the field below. If you choose this mode, your printing configuration is now finished. Accept the options by clicking the OK buttons, and you will be able to check the list of available printers in the Configured on other machines tab of the main interface (see Figure 17.12, Managing Printers [238]). 6.3.2. Server Mode If you want your machine to access locally connected printers (through parallel or USB ports), or network printers not already configured on another server, you need to select the Off option. Click OK , and you will then be able to fine tune your printer server (see Figure 17.13, CUPS Printer Server Configuration [239]).

6.3. Print Server General Configuration Refresh : updates the list of printers with possible new or removed printers, especially useful for networked printers. Configure CUPS : by default, your system is totally open. PrinterDrake uses all of the network’s available printers and shares all of its local printers with the local network. Click on this button if you don’t want to access network printers, or if you want to restrict the access to your local printers. This dialog also lets you configure access to servers outside the local network. The Options . Expert mode menu adds extra features to the tool. See Section 6.6, Expert Mode [247]. 6.3. Print Server General Configuration The Configure CUPS button allows you to control the behavior of printers connected to your machine and to your network. Figure 17.13. CUPS Printer Server Configuration

6.2. The Printer Management Interface If your local printer was automatically added you should now verify its configuration. Select it in the list, click on Edit and check the Printer options. Figure 17.12. Managing Printers The following buttons give you access to all available maintenance tasks: Add Printer : launches the printer configuration wizard described in Section 6.4, The Printer Configuration Wizard [241]. Set as default : sets the selected printer as the default printer when no specific printer is chosen at print time. A cross appears in the Def. column of that printer. Edit : opens the printer configuration dialog described in Section 6.5, Reconfiguring an Existing Printer [246]. Delete : removes the selected printer from the available printer pool.

6.2. The Printer Management Interface Figure 17.11. A New Printer Is Detected Simply confirm the automatic installation of the new printer. The main configuration interface (see Figure 17.12, Managing Printers [238]) is then displayed. Make sure you check that the printer parameters fit your needs (see Section 6.5, Reconfiguring an Existing Printer [246]). 6.1.3. Printer Configured at System Installation Time The main configuration interface (see Figure 17.12, Managing Printers [238]) is shown. Make sure that the printer parameters fit your needs (see Section 6.5, Re- configuring an Existing Printer [246]). 6.2. The Printer Management Interface Use the printer configuration tool’s first tab for locally connected printers (Configured on this machine), and the other tab for printers available on your local network (Configured on other machines).