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LINUX Printing

Scott Davidson National Product Support Manager. LINUX Printing. Options. LPR PDQ CUPS Third Party Vendor. LPR. Advantages Easy setup – Edit Hosts and /etc/printcap files Disadvantages Command Line Printing No Advanced Features “lp path/file_name”. PDQ. Advantages Free

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LINUX Printing

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  1. Scott Davidson National Product Support Manager LINUX Printing

  2. Options • LPR • PDQ • CUPS • Third Party Vendor

  3. LPR • Advantages • Easy setup – Edit Hosts and /etc/printcap files • Disadvantages • Command Line Printing • No Advanced Features • “lp path/file_name”

  4. PDQ • Advantages • Free • Shipped on KM Digital Library CD • Disadvantages • Must setup PDQ for command line and XPDQ for graphic interface • No per job settings • Not for shared printers

  5. Cups • Advantages • Ships free with major LINUX Distributions • Uses our PPD files to enable all advanced features • Also compiled for most UNIX Distributions • Printers can be shared to other LINUX or Windows users • Disadvantages • Some applications may not see Cups printers or will need additional settings in the application

  6. Third Party Solutions • Advantages • Provide graphic interface • Support advanced functions • Can support Fail Safe printing and load balancing • Push Driver from Server to Client • Autorun installation • Disadvantages • Cost

  7. Recommended Solution • CUPS – Common Unix Printing System

  8. Setting up CUPS • CUPS ships with most LINUX Distributions • Latest version always available at www.cups.org

  9. Sharing LINUX Printers

  10. Resources • www.cups.org • www.samba.org • pdq.sourceforge.net • www.linuxprinting.org • www.codehost.com • www.var.codehost.com

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