Philips 5900 Manuale Utente

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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

Printtool has been replaced by Printconf. The utility maintains the 

/etc/printcap configuration file, print spool directories, and print filters. 

If you type 

printtool

 at a shell prompt, 

printconf

 will automatically start.

Invocation

1. On the Gnome desktop, select the Main Menu button (on the Panel) => 

Programs => System => Printer Configuration to start the graphical 
version. 

2. On the KDE desktop, select the Main Menu button (on the Panel) => Red 

Hat => System => Printer Configuration to start the graphical version. 

3. Type the command 

printconf -gui

 at a shell prompt (for example, in an 

XTerm or a Gnome terminal) to start the graphical version. 

4. You can also run 

printconf

 as a text based application if you do not have 

the X Window System installed, or you just prefer the text based interface. 
To run it, log in as root (or use the command 

su

 to temporarily change to 

the root user), and type the command 

/usr/sbin/printconf -tui

 from 

a shell prompt.

Print Queues

Five types of print queues can be configured with 

printconf

 in the Red 

Hat distribution: 

• Local Printer
• Unix Printer (lpd Spool)
• Windows Printer (SMB)
• Novell Printer (NCP Queue)
• JetDirect  Printer

 

•  Do not edit the /etc/printcap file. Each time the printer deamon (lpd) is started /restarted, a 

new /etc/printcap file is dynamically created.

•  If you want to add a printer without using printconf, edit the /etc/printcap.local file. The 

entries in /etc/printcap.local are not displayed in printconf but are read by the printer 
daemon. 

•  If you upgrade your system from a previous version of Red Hat Linux, your existing 

configuration file is converted to the new format used by printconf. Each time a new 
configuration file is generated by printconf, the old file is saved as /etc/printcap.old. 

•  If you add a new print queue or modify an existing one, you need to restart the printer 

daemon (lpd) for the changes to take effect.

•  Clicking the Apply button saves any changes that you have made and restarts the printer 

daemon. The changes are not written to the /etc/printcap configuration file until the 
printer daemon (lpd) is restarted. Alternatively, you can choose File => Save Changes and 
then choose File => Restart lpd to save your changes and then restart the printer daemon. 

•  If a printer appears in the main printer list with the Queue Type set to INVALID, the printer 

configuration is missing options that are required for the printer to function properly. To 
remove this printer from the list, select it from the list and click the Delete button.