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diff --git a/doc/kdeprint/add-printer-wiz.docbook b/doc/kdeprint/add-printer-wiz.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 28d5791d2..000000000 --- a/doc/kdeprint/add-printer-wiz.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,290 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="add-printer-wizard-2"> -<title>The <quote>Add Printer Wizard</quote> for &CUPS;</title> - -<para>Clicking on the leftmost icon on the toolbar -<inlinemediaobject><imageobject> <imagedata -fileref="cr32-action-wizard.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> -</inlinemediaobject> in the upper part of the window starts the -<quote>Add Printer Wizard</quote>.</para> - -<para>This wizard steps you through various screens to install a new -printer. At present this Wizard works for &CUPS; and the -<acronym>RLPR</acronym> environment module. 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 grayed 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 dialog 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 dialog</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 favors.</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 dialogs.</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: Baptizing 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 behavior 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> |