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The number of steps depend on the actual print-subsystem which is active and available to you on your box.</para> - -<sect1> -<title ->Starting</title> - -<para ->The welcome screen informs you that you can go back any time to change a setting. </para> - -<screenshot> -<screeninfo ->The &tdeprint; wizard introduction screen</screeninfo> -<mediaobject> -<imageobject> -<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard1.png" -format="PNG"/></imageobject> -<textobject> -<phrase ->The introduction screen of the printer wizard</phrase -></textobject> -</mediaobject> -</screenshot> - -</sect1> -<sect1 id="backend-selection"> -<title ->Backend Selection</title> - -<para ->Choose the <quote ->backend</quote -> protocol that &CUPS; is supposed to use with your new printer. There are:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para ->local printer (serial, parallel, <acronym ->USB</acronym ->)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->remote <acronym ->LPD</acronym -> queue</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para -><acronym ->SMB</acronym -> shared printer (&Windows;)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->Network Printer (<acronym ->TCP</acronym ->, &HP; JetDirect, AppSocket)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->Network printer with &IPP; (&IPP;/<acronym ->HTTP</acronym ->)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->File printer</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->serial fax /modem printer</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->Class of Printers</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para ->If some choices are greyed out, they are not available. For example, you may have no FAX backend software or no modem installed to use it.</para> - -<screenshot> -<screeninfo ->Choosing your Printer system</screeninfo> -<mediaobject> -<imageobject> -<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard2_backendselection.png" -format="PNG"/></imageobject> -<textobject> -<phrase ->Choosing your Printer System</phrase -></textobject> -</mediaobject> -</screenshot> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="direct-network-settings"> -<title ->Direct Network Setting</title> - -<para ->The contents of your next screen is dependent on your choice in the previous screen. If you know the details, just type them in to configure your network settings directly.</para> - -<para ->In other cases the wizard can scan the network for you, to help you decide which setting could be useful. </para> - -<screenshot> -<screeninfo ->&tdeprint; wizard network scan</screeninfo> -<mediaobject> -<imageobject> -<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard3_networkscan.png" -format="PNG"/></imageobject> -<textobject> -<phrase ->In the &tdeprint; wizard, you can enter network details directly, or you can scan the network automatically.</phrase -></textobject> -</mediaobject> -</screenshot> - -</sect1> -<sect1 id="information-retrieval-by-network-scanning"> -<title ->Information Retrieval by Scanning the Network</title> - -<para ->If you use one of the network connections (remote <acronym ->LPD</acronym ->, <acronym ->SMB</acronym ->, remote &CUPS;, network printer with &IPP;), you have an option for scanning the network. Be careful when applying this; in some environments network scanning is considered to be hostile and harmful!</para> - -<para ->In the case of <acronym ->SMB</acronym ->, &tdeprint; will use the Samba utilities <command ->nmblookup</command -> and <command ->smbclient</command -> (which need to be installed for this to work) to retrieve the information it presents in a tree structure.</para> - -<para ->In the case of &IPP; (Port 631) and <acronym ->TCP</acronym -> Network/AppSocket (Port 9100) &tdeprint; will try to open the port and, if successful, send an <command ->ipp-get-printer-attribute</command -> request to the printer. For newer &HP; printers the latter usually works, because they support both AppSocket and &IPP;.</para> - -<para ->Some printers or manufacturers use other port numbers for direct TCP/IP printing. You may need to look up which one to use. The <guilabel ->Settings</guilabel -> button in the dialogue lets you configure your scan, including <acronym ->IP</acronym -> addresses, ports and timeout to use.</para> - -<para ->Once again: be careful not to be mistaken for an intruder on your network, if you use the scanning technique.</para> - -<screenshot> -<screeninfo ->&tdeprint; wizard network configuration dialogue</screeninfo> -<mediaobject> -<imageobject> -<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard4_networkscan_config.png" -format="PNG"/></imageobject> -<textobject> -<phrase ->In the &tdeprint; wizard, you can enter parameters to have the wizard scan parts of your network.</phrase -></textobject> -</mediaobject> -</screenshot> - -</sect1> -<sect1 id="printer-model-selection"> -<title ->Printer Model Selection</title> - -<para ->The hardest part is probably the <quote ->Printer Model Selection</quote ->. In former years the situation was difficult, because there were hardly any drivers to find. The difficulty now is there are too many; though some of them are very good, many are quite broken. </para> - -<para ->If you have a current <quote ->database</quote -> of available drivers on your system, select the manufacturer in the left part of the window first, then the device model in the right part. This split window shows all &PPD;s found by &CUPS; in its standard repository of installable &PPD;s. This repository normally is <filename class="directory" ->/usr/share/cups/model/</filename ->. If you want your driver to be found automatically by &CUPS; and &tdeprint;, place it in there.</para> - -<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="driver-selection"> -<title ->Driver Selection</title> - -<para ->On the next screen you will see a description of the driver selected previously. This description is extracted from the actual &PPD; used.</para> - -<warning> -<para ->For a real &PostScript; printer <emphasis ->never</emphasis -> try to install a <quote ->Foomatic</quote -> or <quote ->Gimp-Print</quote -> &PPD;, even if it is offered. You won't be happy with it. Instead find the original &PPD; from the manufacturer, preferably the one written for &Windows; NT and use it. </para> -</warning> - -<para ->Some &Linux; distributions have supplied for &CUPS; every possible combination of <application ->Ghostscript</application -> filters and <quote ->foomatic</quote -> &PPD; files they could find on the net. Many of these are quite useless; they were generated a year ago, when the people at <ulink url="http://www.linuxprinting.org" ->www.linuxprinting.org</ulink -> began their first experiments with supplying third party &PPD;s for &CUPS;. Although dubbed <quote ->Alpha</quote -> at the time, these started to take on a life of their own and can now be found at various places on the net, doing &CUPS; no favours.</para> - -<para ->If you are not sure which ones to use go to:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para -><ulink -url="http://www.linuxprinting.org" ->http://www.linuxprinting.org</ulink> -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<ulink url="http://www.cups.org" ->http://www.cups.org</ulink> -</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para ->And ask for help. At a later stage, a document detailing the differences between the different driver and &PPD; models will appear at <ulink url="http://tdeprint.sourceforge.net" ->http://tdeprint.sourceforge.net/</ulink -> Watch out for this!</para> - -<para ->Via the <guibutton ->Other...</guibutton -> button you are able to retrieve any &PPD; located somewhere on your available file system.</para> - -<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> - -</sect1> -<sect1 id="printer-test-and-finding-settings"> -<title ->Printer Test and Finding the Right Settings</title> - -<para ->Specify your first driver settings now. The most important one is the default paper size. In many cases this is set to <quote ->Letter</quote ->. If you live in an <quote ->A4</quote -> country and don't want your first test page to jam: now is the time to prevent this. </para> - -<para ->You are ready to start a test print. Hit the <guibutton ->Test</guibutton -> button.</para> - -<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="banner-selection"> -<title ->Banner Selection</title> - -<para ->The last but one screen lets you select whether you want banners, and which ones you want to use, to mark the beginning and/or end of every printjob on that printer. You can also select and deselect banners before printing in the job options dialogues.</para> - -<para ->If you need to use custom banners, copy them into <filename class="directory" ->/usr/share/cups/banners/</filename -> to make them available for selection. They must be &PostScript; files, however.</para> - -<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="baptizing-your-printer"> -<title ->Finally: Baptising Your New Printer</title> - -<para ->The last screen lets you insert a name for your new printer.</para> - -<para ->The name must start with a letter and may contain numbers and underscores with a maximum size of 128 characters. Conform to this if you want to avoid erratic behaviour of your &CUPS; daemon. The printer names in &CUPS; are <emphasis ->not</emphasis -> case sensitive! This is a requirement of &IPP;. So the names <systemitem class="resource" ->DANKA_infotec</systemitem ->, <systemitem class="resource" ->Danka_Infotec</systemitem -> and <systemitem class="resource" ->danka_infotec</systemitem -> all represent the same printer.</para> - -<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="final-confirmation-screen"> -<title ->The Final Confirmation Screen</title> - -<para -> -<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> -</para> - -</sect1> - -</chapter> |