Figure 26-2 shows the Printers page.
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FIGURE 26-2
Print test pages or temporarily stop printing from the Printers page.
Using the Red Hat Printer Configuration Window
If you are using Fedora, RHEL, or other Red Hat??“sponsored systems, you can use the Printer
Configuration window to set up your printers. In fact, I recommend that you use it instead of
CUPS Web administration because the resulting printer configuration files are tailored to work
with Red Hat systems.
To install a printer from your GNOME desktop in Fedora, open the Printer Configuration window
by selecting System???Administration???Printing (with Fedora 8, select System???Printing) or as
root user by typing system-config-printer. This tool lets you add and delete printers and edit
printer properties. It also lets you send test pages to those printers to make sure they are working
properly.
The key here is that you are configuring printers that are managed by your print daemon (cupsd
for the CUPS service). After a printer is configured, users on your local system can use it. You can
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refer to the section ???Configuring Print Servers??? to learn how to make the server available to users
from other computers on your network.
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