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Chapter 21.
Printer Configuration
The printconf application allows users to configure a printer in Red Hat Linux. It helps
maintain the /etc/printcap configuration file, print spool directories, and print filters.
Starting with version 7.3, Red Hat Linux ships with two printing systems. The printconf
application configures the printing system called LPRng. LPRng is also the default printing
system. This chapter focuses on using Printconf to configure LPRng. For more information
on the alternate printing system called CUPS, refer to Section 21.11.
To use printconf, you must have root privileges. To start printconf, use one of the following
methods:
• On the GNOME desktop, select Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs => Sys-
tem => Printer Configuration to start the graphical version.
• On the KDE desktop, select Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => System => Printer
Configuration to start the graphical version.
• Type the command printconf-gui at a shell prompt (for example, in an XTerm or a
GNOME terminal) to start the graphical version.
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• You can also run printconf as a text-based application if you do not have the X Win-
dow System installed, or you just prefer the text-based interface. To run it, log in as root
(or use the command su to temporarily change to the root user), and type the command
/usr/sbin/printconf-tui from a shell prompt.
Important
Do not edit the /etc/printcap file. Each time the printer daemon (lpd) is started or restarted, a new
/etc/printcap file is dynamically created.
If you want to add a printer without using printconf, edit the /etc/printcap.local file.
The entries in /etc/printcap.local are not displayed in printconf but are read by the
printer daemon. If you upgrade your system from a previous version of Red Hat Linux, your
existing configuration file is converted to the new format used by printconf. Each time a new
configuration file is generated by printconf, the old file is saved as /etc/printcap.old.
1. If you type printtool at a shell prompt, printconf will start.