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<article lang="&language;" id="print">
<title>print</title>
<articleinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Kurt</firstname><surname>Pfeifle</surname>
<affiliation><address><email>kpfeifle@danka.de</email></address></affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<date>2002-06-23</date>
<releaseinfo>1.00.00</releaseinfo>
</articleinfo>
<para>The <acronym>print</acronym> KIOSlave gives quick access to browse
different &tdeprint; sections via <quote>virtual folders</quote>.
These folders provide some information about and quick access to your print
subsystem.</para>
<para><command>print:/</command> represents one more of those useful
KIOSlaves implemented by &kde;. To access it, just type <userinput>print:/
</userinput> into the address field of &konqueror;. <userinput>print:/
</userinput> doesn't purely provide <quote>read-only</quote> access to
your print subsystem, but it also allows you to change settings
of your printers, of your print system and lets you create new printers
and classes.</para>
<para>You are asked for the Administrator or root password, if you are
not allowed a view or an operation as a normal user.</para>
<para>You can bookmark frequently used shortcuts like
<command>print:/manager</command></para>
<para>Valid syntax is either
<userinput>print:/[path-to-virtual-folder]</userinput> or
<userinput>print:[path-to-virtual-folder]</userinput></para>
<para>Note, that some of the views and actions offered do heavily
depend on the print subsystem that is installed on your box and presently
activated for &kde;. Pages showing printer information display only
those parts that are valid for the &kde; selected print subsystem.
(So if you normally run <acronym>CUPS</acronym>, but switched temporarily to
<quote>Generic UNIX LPD Printing</quote>, which is possible, you will see
less printer info, because LPD is not capable of using the same amount of
print settings as are possible in CUPS).</para>
<para>Valid syntax to access different virtual folders
and a short explanation of what they represent:</para>
<variablelist>
<title>Some examples</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/ </userinput> (i.e. the root of
print-tdeioslave)</term>
<listitem>
<para> virtual root for browsing your print subsystem.
It displays subfolders <quote>classes</quote>,
<quote>printers</quote>, <quote>manager</quote>,
and <quote>specials</quote></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/classes</userinput> or
<userinput>print:classes </userinput>
</term> <listitem>
<para> view your printer classes
(supported by and useful for CUPS only)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/classes/class_name </userinput> or
<userinput>print:classes/class_name </userinput> </term> <listitem>
<para>view all members of the named
printer class (supported by and useful only
for CUPS) </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/printers </userinput>
or <userinput>print:printers </userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para> lists all your printers. Clicking
on a printer name shows more info about that printer.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/printers/printer_name </userinput>
or <userinput>print:printers/printer_name </userinput> </term>
<listitem>
<para>displays useful info about the named
printer </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/manager </userinput> or
<userinput>print:manager </userinput>
</term> <listitem>
<para>opens a page very similar to the &tdeprint;
Manager module inside the &kde; Control Center.
Switch to a different printing system here or do every
other administrative task. </para>
<para>This is the most important of access points to your printing
system. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>print:/specials </userinput> or
<userinput>print:specials </userinput>
</term><listitem>
<para>lists all presently available <quote>special printers</quote>:
Likely you'll see:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The two that let you save a printfile to disk, in
&PostScript; or <acronym>PDF</acronym> format.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One that sends it as a <acronym>PDF</acronym> attachment via
&kmail;.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>And last, send it via fax, if you have one of the
supported fax backends active,
<application>Hylafax</application> or
<application>efax</application>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<tip><para>You can also put <command>print:/manager</command>
or similar as the command in
the <quote>Quick Command</quote> utility (started via
<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>)</para></tip>
<para>You can learn more about printing and &tdeprint;'s powerful abilities
by reading the <ulink url="help:/tdeprint/index.html">&tdeprint; Handbook
locally</ulink> or at the <ulink url="http://printing.kde.org/">&tdeprint;
Website</ulink> where there are documents online (<acronym>HTML</acronym> and
<acronym>PDF</acronym>),containing
<ulink
url="http://printing.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/">Tutorials</ulink>,
as well as <ulink url="http://printing.kde.org/faq/">FAQs</ulink> and
Tips and Tricks related to printing in general.</para>
</article>
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