Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

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lpadmin -p ps -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -P \/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript.ppd.gz -EThe following example configures a network printer:lpadmin -p ps -v socket://192.168.2.202:9100/ -P \/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level1.ppd.gz -EFor more options of lpadmin, see the man page of lpadmin(1).During printer setup, certain options are set as default. These options can be modifiedfor every print job (depending on the print tool used). Changing these default optionswith YaST is also possible. Using command line tools, set default options as follows:1 First, list all options:lpoptions -p queue -lExample:Resolution/Output Resolution: 150dpi *300dpi 600dpiThe activated default option is identified by a preceding asterisk (*).2 Change the option with lpadmin:lpadmin -p queue -o Resolution=600dpi3 Check the new setting:lpoptions -p queue -lResolution/Output Resolution: 150dpi 300dpi *600dpiWhen a normal user runs lpoptions, the settings are written to ~/.cups/lpoptions. However, root settings are written to /etc/cups/lpoptions.10.5 Graphical Printing InterfacesTools such as xpp and the KDE program KPrinter provide a graphical interface forchoosing queues and setting both CUPS standard options and printer-specific optionsmade available through the PPD file. You can even use KPrinter as the standard printinginterface of non-KDE applications. In the print dialog of these applications, specifyPrinter Operation 119