Installation guide

Chapter 8. Printer Conﬁguration 81

The new printer will appear in the printer list in the main window. Click the Apply button in the

main window to save your changes to the /etc/printcap conﬁguration ﬁle and restart the printer

daemon (lpd). After applying the changes, print a test page to ensure the conﬁguration is correct.

Refer to Section 8.1.1 for details.

8.1.1. Printing a Test Page

After you have conﬁgured your printer, you should print a test page to make sure the printer is func-

tioning properly. To print a test page, select the printer that you want to test from the printer list,

and choose Test => Print US Letter Postscript Test Page, Print A4 Postscript Test Page, or Print

ASCII Test Page from the pulldown menu. If your printer does not support PostScript printing, choose

to print the ASCII test page.

8.2. Modifying Existing Printers

To delete an existing printer, select the printer and click the Delete button on the toolbar. The printer

will be removed from the printer list. Click Apply to save the changes and restart the printer daemon.

To set the default printer, select the printer from the printer list and click the Default button on the

toolbar. The default printer icon

appears in the ﬁrst column of the printer list beside the default

printer.

If you want to modify an imported printer’s settings, you cannot modify its settings directly. You

must override the printer. You can only override an imported printer that has been imported using

the alchemist libraries. Imported printers have the

symbol beside them in the ﬁrst column of the

printer list.

To override the printer, select the printer, and choose File => Override Queue from the pulldown

menu. After overriding a printer, the original imported printer will have the

symbol beside it in

the ﬁrst column of the printer list.

After adding your printer(s), you can edit settings by selecting the printer from the printer list and

clicking the Edit button. The tabbed window shown in Figure 8-6 will appear. The window contains

the current values for the printer that you selected to edit. Make any changes, and click OK. Click

Apply in the main printconf window to save the changes and restart the printer daemon.