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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kdeprint/add-printer-wiz.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kdeprint/add-printer-wiz.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5124dddaa9a --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kdeprint/add-printer-wiz.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,344 @@ +<chapter id="add-printer-wizard-2"> +<title +>The <quote +>Add Printer Wizard</quote +> for &CUPS;</title> + +<para +>Clicking on the leftmost icon on the toolbar <inlinemediaobject +><imageobject +> <imagedata fileref="cr32-action-wizard.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject +> </inlinemediaobject +> in the upper part of the window starts the <quote +>Add Printer Wizard</quote +>.</para> + +<para +>This wizard steps you through various screens to install a new printer. At present this Wizard works for &CUPS; and the <acronym +>RLPR</acronym +> environment module. The number of steps depend on the actual print-subsystem which is active and available to you on your box.</para> + +<sect1> +<title +>Starting</title> + +<para +>The welcome screen informs you that you can go back any time to change a setting. </para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo +>The &kdeprint; wizard introduction screen</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard1.png" +format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase +>The introduction screen of the printer wizard</phrase +></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +</sect1> +<sect1 id="backend-selection"> +<title +>Backend Selection</title> + +<para +>Choose the <quote +>backend</quote +> protocol that &CUPS; is supposed to use with your new printer. There are:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para +>local printer (serial, parallel, <acronym +>USB</acronym +>)</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +>remote <acronym +>LPD</acronym +> queue</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +><acronym +>SMB</acronym +> shared printer (&Windows;)</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +>Network Printer (<acronym +>TCP</acronym +>, &HP; JetDirect, AppSocket)</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +>Network printer with &IPP; (&IPP;/<acronym +>HTTP</acronym +>)</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +>File printer</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +>serial fax /modem printer</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +>Class of Printers</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para +>If some choices are greyed out, they are not available. For example, you may have no FAX backend software or no modem installed to use it.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo +>Choosing your Printer system</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard2_backendselection.png" +format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase +>Choosing your Printer System</phrase +></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="direct-network-settings"> +<title +>Direct Network Setting</title> + +<para +>The contents of your next screen is dependent on your choice in the previous screen. If you know the details, just type them in to configure your network settings directly.</para> + +<para +>In other cases the wizard can scan the network for you, to help you decide which setting could be useful. </para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo +>&kdeprint; wizard network scan</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard3_networkscan.png" +format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase +>In the &kdeprint; wizard, you can enter network details directly, or you can scan the network automatically.</phrase +></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +</sect1> +<sect1 id="information-retrieval-by-network-scanning"> +<title +>Information Retrieval by Scanning the Network</title> + +<para +>If you use one of the network connections (remote <acronym +>LPD</acronym +>, <acronym +>SMB</acronym +>, remote &CUPS;, network printer with &IPP;), you have an option for scanning the network. Be careful when applying this; in some environments network scanning is considered to be hostile and harmful!</para> + +<para +>In the case of <acronym +>SMB</acronym +>, &kdeprint; will use the Samba utilities <command +>nmblookup</command +> and <command +>smbclient</command +> (which need to be installed for this to work) to retrieve the information it presents in a tree structure.</para> + +<para +>In the case of &IPP; (Port 631) and <acronym +>TCP</acronym +> Network/AppSocket (Port 9100) &kdeprint; will try to open the port and, if successful, send an <command +>ipp-get-printer-attribute</command +> request to the printer. For newer &HP; printers the latter usually works, because they support both AppSocket and &IPP;.</para> + +<para +>Some printers or manufacturers use other port numbers for direct TCP/IP printing. You may need to look up which one to use. The <guilabel +>Settings</guilabel +> button in the dialogue lets you configure your scan, including <acronym +>IP</acronym +> addresses, ports and timeout to use.</para> + +<para +>Once again: be careful not to be mistaken for an intruder on your network, if you use the scanning technique.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo +>&kdeprint; wizard network configuration dialogue</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="cupsaddprinterwizard4_networkscan_config.png" +format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase +>In the &kdeprint; wizard, you can enter parameters to have the wizard scan parts of your network.</phrase +></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +</sect1> +<sect1 id="printer-model-selection"> +<title +>Printer Model Selection</title> + +<para +>The hardest part is probably the <quote +>Printer Model Selection</quote +>. In former years the situation was difficult, because there were hardly any drivers to find. The difficulty now is there are too many; though some of them are very good, many are quite broken. </para> + +<para +>If you have a current <quote +>database</quote +> of available drivers on your system, select the manufacturer in the left part of the window first, then the device model in the right part. This split window shows all &PPD;s found by &CUPS; in its standard repository of installable &PPD;s. This repository normally is <filename class="directory" +>/usr/share/cups/model/</filename +>. If you want your driver to be found automatically by &CUPS; and &kdeprint;, place it in there.</para> + +<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="driver-selection"> +<title +>Driver Selection</title> + +<para +>On the next screen you will see a description of the driver selected previously. This description is extracted from the actual &PPD; used.</para> + +<warning> +<para +>For a real &PostScript; printer <emphasis +>never</emphasis +> try to install a <quote +>Foomatic</quote +> or <quote +>Gimp-Print</quote +> &PPD;, even if it is offered. You won't be happy with it. Instead find the original &PPD; from the manufacturer, preferably the one written for &Windows; NT and use it. </para> +</warning> + +<para +>Some &Linux; distributions have supplied for &CUPS; every possible combination of <application +>Ghostscript</application +> filters and <quote +>foomatic</quote +> &PPD; files they could find on the net. Many of these are quite useless; they were generated a year ago, when the people at <ulink url="http://www.linuxprinting.org" +>www.linuxprinting.org</ulink +> began their first experiments with supplying third party &PPD;s for &CUPS;. Although dubbed <quote +>Alpha</quote +> at the time, these started to take on a life of their own and can now be found at various places on the net, doing &CUPS; no favours.</para> + +<para +>If you are not sure which ones to use go to:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para +><ulink +url="http://www.linuxprinting.org" +>http://www.linuxprinting.org</ulink> +</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para> +<ulink url="http://www.cups.org" +>http://www.cups.org</ulink> +</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para +>And ask for help. At a later stage, a document detailing the differences between the different driver and &PPD; models will appear at <ulink url="http://kdeprint.sourceforge.net" +>http://kdeprint.sourceforge.net/</ulink +> Watch out for this!</para> + +<para +>Via the <guibutton +>Other...</guibutton +> button you are able to retrieve any &PPD; located somewhere on your available file system.</para> + +<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> + +</sect1> +<sect1 id="printer-test-and-finding-settings"> +<title +>Printer Test and Finding the Right Settings</title> + +<para +>Specify your first driver settings now. The most important one is the default paper size. In many cases this is set to <quote +>Letter</quote +>. If you live in an <quote +>A4</quote +> country and don't want your first test page to jam: now is the time to prevent this. </para> + +<para +>You are ready to start a test print. Hit the <guibutton +>Test</guibutton +> button.</para> + +<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="banner-selection"> +<title +>Banner Selection</title> + +<para +>The last but one screen lets you select whether you want banners, and which ones you want to use, to mark the beginning and/or end of every printjob on that printer. You can also select and deselect banners before printing in the job options dialogues.</para> + +<para +>If you need to use custom banners, copy them into <filename class="directory" +>/usr/share/cups/banners/</filename +> to make them available for selection. They must be &PostScript; files, however.</para> + +<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="baptizing-your-printer"> +<title +>Finally: Baptising Your New Printer</title> + +<para +>The last screen lets you insert a name for your new printer.</para> + +<para +>The name must start with a letter and may contain numbers and underscores with a maximum size of 128 characters. Conform to this if you want to avoid erratic behaviour of your &CUPS; daemon. The printer names in &CUPS; are <emphasis +>not</emphasis +> case sensitive! This is a requirement of &IPP;. So the names <systemitem class="resource" +>DANKA_infotec</systemitem +>, <systemitem class="resource" +>Danka_Infotec</systemitem +> and <systemitem class="resource" +>danka_infotec</systemitem +> all represent the same printer.</para> + +<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="final-confirmation-screen"> +<title +>The Final Confirmation Screen</title> + +<para +> +<!-- Insert Screenshot here: --> +</para> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> |