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diff --git a/doc/kdeprint/getting-started.docbook b/doc/kdeprint/getting-started.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 9ef1500b7..000000000 --- a/doc/kdeprint/getting-started.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="getting-started"> -<title>Getting Started</title> - -<para>This chapter of the &tdeprint; Handbook will walk you through most -of the configuration or selection options of &tdeprint;. It will mainly -deal with &CUPS; in this version, as the author is most familiar with -it, and also because &tdeprint; started off with supporting &CUPS; -best. Later versions of the &tdeprint; software and editions of this -handbook will support and explore other printing -systems more closely.</para> - -<sect1 id="selecting-your-print-subsystem"> -<title>Selecting Your Print Subsystem</title> - -<para>You need to define your print subsystem, before you are able to -install any printer with the &tdeprint; framework. There are two areas -where you can define this: either in &kcontrol; (The <guilabel>Printing -Manager</guilabel> section), or directly and <quote>on the fly</quote> -from the print dialog.</para> - -<para>Navigate to <menuchoice><guimenu>K Menu</guimenu> -<guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu> -<guimenuitem>Printing Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. At the bottom -you can see a button that lets you select which printing subsystem you -want to use. In &kde; 2.2 you can choose from the following -alternatives:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>&CUPS; (Common &UNIX; Printing System)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Print through an external program (generic)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para><acronym>LPR</acronym> (Standard <acronym>BSD</acronym> Print -System)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Generic &UNIX; <acronym>LPD</acronym> print system (the -default)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para><acronym>RLPR</acronym> environment (print to remote -<acronym>LPD</acronym> servers from the command line)</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Of course, the chosen system must be installed, and up and running on -your box prior to your selection, or before it takes effect. <!-- The --> -<!-- authors personal recommendation is &CUPS; --> -</para> - -<para>On it's first startup, &tdeprint; will try an autodetection. This -only works for:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>&CUPS;, as it is checking first for a running &CUPS; daemon</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para><acronym>LPD</acronym>, as it is checking for a running -<acronym>LPD</acronym> daemon, plus a <filename>printcap</filename> -file.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<!-- <para> -Go to System->XY->ABC. Now you can choose from the following -alternatives: -</para>--> - -<para>The system you choose must be installed on your system prior to -your selection. The author's personal recommendation is -&CUPS;.</para> - -<para>Once autodetected, chosen, or changed, the active print -subsystem will take effect for all &kde; applications. Different -users may have different print subsystems in use, if those do exist on -the computer and are compliant with each other. Their settings are -stored in the <filename>tdeprintrc</filename>. This file is unique to -every user, and is normally installed in -<filename>$<envar>HOME</envar>/.kde/share/config/tdeprintrc</filename>.</para> - -<warning> -<para>This file is not intended to be directly editable, and all -available options can be set from the &tdeprint; &GUI;.</para> -</warning> - -<para>You may even select a different printer subsystem, on the fly, from -the &kprinter; dialog box.</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="working-with-printing-manger"> -<title>Working with the Printing Manager</title> - -<para>Once you have chosen your preferred and installed print subsystem, -you are ready to investigate, configure administer and work with this -system through the &tdeprint; framework.</para> - -<para>Navigate to <menuchoice><guimenu>K Menu</guimenu> -<guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu> -<guimenuitem>Printing Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. In the right -part of the window you will see at least 4 printers predefined. These -are the virtual or special purpose printers, explained in section <!-- <xref -linkend="FIXME"/> -->. You will probably see a toolbar with 13 icons at the -top of the window, and at least 4 tabs in the lower half of the window, -labeled <guilabel>Information</guilabel>, <guilabel>Jobs</guilabel>, -<guilabel>Properties</guilabel> and -<guilabel>Instances</guilabel>.</para> - -<!-- Not needed: the default view is as described, this can be mentioned --> -<!-- elsewhere <para>If you start the <guilabel>Printing --> -<!-- Manager</guilabel> module for the first time, you may be missing --> -<!-- Icons or tabs. <mousebutton>Right</mousebutton>-clicking the mouse --> -<!-- on the white background of the right part of the window opens a --> -<!-- Menu to select your viewing preferences. To get the same view as in --> -<!-- most screenshots, select: <guimenuitem>View Toolbar</guimenuitem> --> -<!-- and <guimenuitem>View Printer Information</guimenuitem> and --> -<!-- <guimenuitem>View Icons</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Orientation --> -<!-- Vertical</guimenuitem>. Moving the mouse over one Button and --> -<!-- waiting a second gives you a tooltip hint about its functions. --> - -<!-- - -3.3 Selection: &CUPS; or other? - -If your selection of the print system is &CUPS;, you will have more -choices at your fingertips than with any other printing -system. &CUPS; is new to most Linux users (even the senior -hackers amongst us), and it is quite easy to use. But it -is at the same time very different from other printing systems. -Therfor the &CUPS; part in the &tdeprint; Handbook is naturally -the most detailed. - -Future editions of the &tdeprint; handbook will describe in -more detail the other systems. ---> - -</sect1> - -</chapter> |