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72 | Installing Print Drivers on Linux Computers Using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)
Installing Print Drivers on Linux Computers
Using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)
This section provides information for installing or setting up the print driver with CUPS
on Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
6 Desktop, SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, or Ubuntu
12.04 LTS.
The following procedure uses Dell H825cdw as an example.
Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop
Setup Overview
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop:
1 Install the print driver.
2 Set up the print queue.
3 Set up the default queue.
4 Specify the printing options.
Installing the Print Driver
1 Select Applications System Tools Terminal.
2 Enter the following command in the terminal window.
Setting Up the Print Queue
To perform printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.
1 Open the URL http://localhost:631 using a web browser.
2 Click Administration Add Printer.
3 Enter root as the user name, enter the administrator password, and then click OK.
For network connections:
a Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and
then click Continue.
b Enter the IP address of the printer in Connection, and then click Continue.
Format: lpd:// xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
a Select Dell Color MFP H825cdw from the Local Printers menu, and then click
Continue.
su
[administrator password]
rpm -ivh [file path]
/Dell-Color-MFP-S2825cdn-H825cdw-x.x-x.rpm