From the Desktop menu, select System???Administration???Printing (in Fedora 8, select
System???Printing).
2. Click New Printer. The New Printer window appears.
3. Add a Printer Name, Description, and Location (as described previously) and click
Forward. The Select Connection window appears.
4. Depending on the type of ports you have on your computer, select one of the following:
LPT #1??”For a printer connected to your parallel port.
Serial Port #1??”For a printer connected to your serial port.
AppleSocket/HP JetDirect??”For a JetDirect printer.
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)??”For a CUPS or other IPP printer.
LPD/LPR Host or Printer??”For a UNIX printer.
Windows Printer via SAMBA??”For a Windows system printer.
Continue with the steps in whichever of the following sections is appropriate.
Adding a Remote CUPS Printer
If you chose to add a CUPS (IPP) printer from the Printer Configuration window, you must add the
following information to the window that appears:
Hostname??”Hostname of the computer to which the printer is attached (or otherwise
accessible). This can be an IP address or TCP/IP hostname for the computer. (The TCP/IP
name is accessible from your /etc/hosts file or through a DNS name server.)
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Printer name??”Printer name on the remote CUPS print server.
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