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The
Printing Support Package Details
window appears.
5.
Select the
CUPS
check box in
Extra Packages
, and then click
Close
.
6.
Click
Update
in the
Add or Remove Packages
window.
7.
Click
Continue
in the
Completed System Preparation
window.
Installation starts. When you are requested to insert the
Red Hat 8
CD during installation, insert it into the CD-ROM disk drive.
8.
The message
Update Complete
appears, and the installation is complete. Click
OK
.
9.
Click
Quit
in the
Add or Remove Packages
window.
The installation is complete. Return to "
Confirming the Printing System (For Red Hat 8)
."
Installing the Printer Driver
1.
Double-click
Dell-Laser-Printer-3100cn-x.x.x.noarch.rpm
in the
Drivers and Utilities
CD.
2.
Type the administrator's password.
3.
Click
Continue
in the
Completed System Preparation
window.
Installation starts. When the installation is complete, the window is automatically closed.
Setting Up the Queue
To execute printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.
1.
Select
Main Menu
®
Run Program
. Type
cupsconfig
and click
Run
in the
Run Program
window.
The browser is activated and the
CUPS
window appears.
2.
Click
Manage Printers
.
3.
Click
Add Printer
at the bottom of the window.
4.
Type
root
as the user name, and type the administrator's password.
5.
Type the printer's name in the
Name
box in the
Add New Printer
window, and then click
Continue
.
The
Location
and
Description
do not have to be specified.
6.
Select
LPD/LPR Host or Printer
from
Device
menu, and then click
Continue
.
7.
Type the printer's IP address in
Device URI
.
Format:
lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(printer's IP address)
8.
Select
Dell
from the
Make
menu, and then click
Continue
.
9.
Select
Dell Laser Printer 3100cn...
from the
Model
menu, and then click
Continue
.
The message
Printer xxx has been added successfully.
appears.
The set up is complete.
When you have finished setting up the queue you can print jobs from the software program. Start the print job from the software program, and then specify
the queue in the print dialog box.
However, sometimes you can only print from the default queue depending on the software program (for example Mozilla). In these cases, before you start
printing, set queue you want to print to as the default queue. For information on specifying the default queue, see "
."
Setting the Default Queue
1.
Select
Main Menu
®
System Tools
®
Terminal
.
2.
Type the following command in the terminal window.
Specifying the Printing Options
You can specify the printing options such as color mode or double-sided printing.
1.
Select
Main Menu
®
Run Program
. Type
cupsconfig
and click
Run
in the
Run Program
window.
NOTE:
For Red Hat 8, select
GNOME Menu
®
System Tools
®
CUPS Printer Configuration
.
su
(Type the administrator's password)
lpadmin -d
(The queue name)