Specifications

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Printers

Use the Printers dialog box (click Printers) for printer related tasks.

Tip

While this section provides an overview of printer related guidelines to use,

see

"Installing a Network Printer" and "Installing a Local Printer" for detailed

procedures. For full details on Linux printing, refer to CUPS documentation.

Use the following guidelines:

• CUPS and Home tabs - View and access CUPS information (click the CUPS tab or the

Home tab) - CUPS is the standard-based, open source printing system developed by

Apple Inc. for Mac OS

X and other UNIX

-like operating systems.

• Administration tab

Printers:

· Add Printer - Add and configure a network or local printer (click the

Administration tab > Add Printer to open and use the Add Printer wizard). See

"Installing a Network Printer" and "Installing a Local Printer" for detailed procedures.

· Find New Printers - Find available printers for use.

· Manage Printers - View the list of currently configured printers (click

Administration tab > Manage Printers). In addition, you can:

Select the default printer (select a printer in the list and click Printer > Set as

Default). Note that administrators can specify system-wide and personal default

printers.

Change printer settings (right-click a printer in the list, select Properties, and then

click Settings).

Change printer policies (right-click a printer in the list, select Properties, and then

click Policies).

Change user access to the printer (right-click a printer in the list, select Properties,

and then click Access Control).

Change printer job options (right-click a printer in the list, select Properties, and

then click Job Options).

Delete a printer (right-click a printer in the list, select Delete, and click OK).

Classes:

· Add Class - Add and configure a Class of printers (click the Administration tab >

Add Class to open and use the Add Class wizard).

· Manage Classes - View the list of currently configured Classes of printers (click

Administration tab > Manage Classes).