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The <application>HP Device
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Manager</application> eases the configuration of <acronym>HP</acronym>
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Multifunction Devices (<acronym>MFD</acronym>s), printers that function as
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copiers and scanners, as well as other <acronym>HP</acronym> printers. It is
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recommended that if you have a direct connection via <acronym>USB</acronym>,
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<acronym>LPT</acronym> (parallel port), or network (direct connection or
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JetDirect) that you use this application. This application does not work with
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printers set up on a shared network printer using
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<application>Samba</application>, if your printer is configured this way, it is
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recommended that you see <xref linkend="print-network"/>.
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The <application>HP Device Manager</application> simplifies the configuration
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of <acronym>printers</acronym>, including <acronym>HP</acronym> Multifunction
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Devices (<acronym>MFD</acronym>s)--printers that also copy and scan. This
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application should be used if there is a direct connection from the
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computer to the printer via <acronym>USB</acronym>, <acronym>LPT</acronym>
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(parallel port), or network (direct connection or JetDirect). The
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<application>HP Device Manager</application> does not work with printers on a
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shared network using <application>Samba</application>. If the printer
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is configured with <application>Samba</application>, <xref
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linkend="print-network"/> is recommended.
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To open the <application>HP Device Manager</application>, press
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<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> and when prompted
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with the <guilabel>Run Command</guilabel> dialog, type in
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<userinput>printer toolbox</userinput> followed by pressing the
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<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>. In the
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<guilabel>Run Command</guilabel> dialog, type <userinput>printer
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toolbox</userinput> followed by pressing the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button or pressing the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key. If
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it is your first time opening the application, you will receive the
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<guilabel>No Installed HP Devices Found</guilabel> dialog. You will be
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presented with three choices; <guibutton>Setup Device...</guibutton>,
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<guibutton>CUPS Web Interface</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Close</guibutton>. To
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setup your printer select the <guibutton>Setup Device...</guibutton> button.
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When prompted for a password, enter your user password and then press the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. At this point you would select the option
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that suits your configuration and follow through with the setup. The
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<application>HP Device Manager</application> has the ability to automatically
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detect any attached devices, or to scan your network for any compatible devices.
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this is the first time opening the application, the <guilabel>No Installed HP
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Devices Found</guilabel> dialog will appear. Three choices will be presented:
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<guibutton>Setup Device...</guibutton>, <guibutton>CUPS Web
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Interface</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Close</guibutton>. To
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set up the printer, select the <guibutton>Setup Device...</guibutton> button.
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When prompted for a password, enter the correct password and then press the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. Select the option that suits the printer
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configuration and complete the setup. The <application>HP Device
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Manager</application> has the ability to automatically
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detect any attached devices, or to scan a network for any compatible devices.
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For more information on the <application>HP Device Manager</application>, you
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can install the <application>hplip-docs</application> package. Please refer to
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For more information on the <application>HP Device Manager</application>,
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install the <application>hplip-docs</application> package. Please refer to
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> documentation for more information on installing extra
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applications. Once the <application>hplip-docs</application> are installed,
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they can be accessed by going to either
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they can be accessed by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Contents...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> or directing your browser to <ulink
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</menuchoice> or browsing to <ulink
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url="file:///usr/share/doc/hplip-doc/HTML/index.html"/>.
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<title>Local Printing</title>
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A local printer is one that is directly attached to your computer (as opposed
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to a network printer, discussed in the following section). To setup a new local
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A local printer is one that is directly attached to the computer (network
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printers are discussed in the following section). To set up a new local
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Obtain the model name of your printer and ensure the printer is powered on.
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Determine the model name of the printer and ensure the printer is powered on.
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Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Kickoff Application Launcher</guimenu><guimenuitem>System
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Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select <guilabel>Printer Configuration</guilabel>.
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This will open the <application>system-settings-config-printers</application> system dialog.
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Now choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add
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Printer/Class...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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Your printer should be automatically detected. If so, simply click
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<guibutton>Next ></guibutton> and then <guibutton>Finish</guibutton>.
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Finally, you can enter in a description and location for your printer
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Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select <guilabel>Printer
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Configuration</guilabel> to open the
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<application>system-settings-config-printers</application> system dialog.
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Add</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add
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Printer/Class...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
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The printer should be detected automatically. If so, click <guibutton>Next
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></guibutton> and then <guibutton>Finish</guibutton>.
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To finish, enter a description and location for the printer.
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If your printer was not automatically detected, you can try to select the port
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and printer driver manually. Some printers need further setup. Search the
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Some printers may need further set up steps. If the printer was not
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automatically detected, try to select the port and printer driver manually.
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Search the databases at <ulink
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url="http://www.linuxprinting.org">LinuxPrinting.org</ulink> or check the
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<ulink url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters">Kubuntu
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Wiki's Printer Page</ulink> for possible information on your printer.
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Wiki's Printer Page</ulink> for possible information on the printer.
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<title>Network Printing</title>
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You can also configure your Kubuntu system to send print jobs to a remote print
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server. Remote printers are hosted or attached somewhere else on your network.
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To configure a remote printer:
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&kubuntu; can be configured to send print jobs to a remote print server. Remote
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printers are attached through a network. To configure a remote printer:
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Obtain the model name of your printer and ensure the printer is powered on.
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Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Kickoff Application Launcher</guimenu><guimenuitem>System
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Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select <guilabel>Printer Configuration</guilabel>.
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This will open the <application>system-settings-config-printer</application> system dialog.
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Now choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add
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Printer/Class...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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Determine the model name of the printer and ensure the printer is powered on.
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Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Kickoff Application
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Launcher</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and
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select <guilabel>Printer Configuration</guilabel> to open the
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<application>system-settings-config-printers</application> system dialog.
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<menuchoice><guimenu>New Printer</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Printer
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Class</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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At the <guilabel>User Identification</guilabel> dialog, select the type of
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authentication that is used by either the remote printer or the system that is
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sharing the remote printer. <emphasis role="bold">TIP:</emphasis> if you are
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unsure, try with <guilabel>Anonymous (no login/password)</guilabel> and press
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sharing the remote printer. <emphasis role="bold">TIP:</emphasis> if there is a
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question, try <guilabel>Anonymous (no login/password)</guilabel> and press
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the <guibutton>Next ></guibutton>. If this fails, try with <guilabel>Guest
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account (login="guest")</guilabel> and so on.
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account (login="guest")</guilabel>.
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<guibutton>Scan</guibutton> button. If you receive any authentication errors,
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<guibutton>Scan</guibutton> button. If there are any authentication errors,
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press the <guibutton>< Back</guibutton> button and try the previous step
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with a different authentication setting. If all goes well, select the remote
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printer and press <guibutton>Next ></guibutton>.
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After KDE builds the driver database, the <guilabel>Printer Model
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Selection</guilabel> dialog will appear with a list of
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Selection</guilabel> dialog will appear with a list with
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<guilabel>Manufacturer</guilabel> and <guilabel>Model</guilabel> information.
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Locate your printer and highlight the corresponding drivers and press
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<guibutton>Next ></guibutton>. If no information pertaining to your printer
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Locate the printer, highlight the corresponding drivers, and press
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<guibutton>Next ></guibutton>. If no information pertaining to the printer
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is found, please search the databases at <ulink
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Wiki's Printer Page</ulink> for possible information on your printer.
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Wiki's Printer Page</ulink> for possible information on the printer.
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For this step, there are two possible choices concerning the dialog you will
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see. If the drivers were automatically setup, then you will see the
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<guilabel>Printer Test</guilabel> dialog. If the drivers weren't automatically
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setup, then you will be shown the <guilabel>Driver Selection</guilabel> dialog.
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For this step, there are two possible choices concerning the dialog. If the
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drivers were set up automatically, then the <guilabel>Printer Test</guilabel>
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dialog will appear. If the drivers weren't automatically setup, then the
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<guilabel>Driver Selection</guilabel> dialog will be displayed.
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At the <guilabel>Printer Test</guilabel> dialog, you can either test print to
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verify operation of your printer or move on. Which ever decision you make, when
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complete press the <guibutton>Next ></guibutton> button.
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At the <guilabel>Printer Test</guilabel> dialog, do a testprint to verify the
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operation of the printer or move on. When complete, press the <guibutton>Next
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></guibutton> button.
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At the <guilabel>Driver Selection</guilabel> dialog, you will be prompted to
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select an appropriate driver. If there is a driver with
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<emphasis>[recommended]</emphasis>, select this printer and press
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<guibutton>Next ></guibutton>. If there isn't a recommended driver, try each
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driver until you find one that is suitable for your printer.
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At the <guilabel>Driver Selection</guilabel> dialog, there will be a prompt to
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select an appropriate driver. If there is a <emphasis>[recommended]</emphasis>
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driver, select this printer and press <guibutton>Next ></guibutton>. If there
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isn't a recommended driver, try each driver to find one that is suitable for
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At the <guilabel>Banner Selection</guilabel> dialog, you can select the default
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<guilabel>Starting</guilabel> and <guilabel>Ending</guilabel> banners. These
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are the header and footer of the page printed. Once complete press
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<guibutton>Next ></guibutton>.
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At the <guilabel>Printer Quota Settings</guilabel> dialog, you can setup the
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size of the quota you wish to enable for the printer. This would be the maximum
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file size or maximum amount of pages you want to allow at any one time through
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the printer. Once complete press <guibutton>Next ></guibutton>.
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At the <guilabel>User Access Settings</guilabel> dialog, you can enforce access
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to the printer to certain users or groups. Once complete press <guibutton>Next
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At the <guilabel>Banner Selection</guilabel> dialog, select the default
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<guilabel>Starting</guilabel> and <guilabel>Ending</guilabel> banners.
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When complete, press <guibutton>Next ></guibutton>.
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At the <guilabel>Printer Quota Settings</guilabel> dialog, set the
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size of the quota to be enabled for the printer. This is the maximum file size
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or maximum number of pages that will be allowed at any one time. When complete,
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press <guibutton>Next ></guibutton>.
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At the <guilabel>User Access Settings</guilabel> dialog, access rules can be
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set for users or groups. When complete, press <guibutton>Next
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At the <guilabel>General Information</guilabel> dialog, you must insert at
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least a <guilabel>Name</guilabel> for the printer. Once complete press
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least one <guilabel>Name</guilabel> for the printer. When complete, press
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<guilabel>Confirmation</guilabel> is the final dialog you will be presented.
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to complete the installation.
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<guilabel>Confirmation</guilabel> is the final dialog presented. Verify that the
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information is correct, and press <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> to complete the
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Another common use of Samba is to configure it to share printers installed, either locally or over the network, on
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an Ubuntu server. Similar to <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/sharing/"> Samba-fileserver</ulink> this section will configure Samba to allow any client
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on the local network to use the installed printers without prompting for a username and password.
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<title>Installation</title>
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Before installing and configuring Samba it is best to already have a working <application>CUPS</application>
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installation. See the<ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/serverguide/C/cups.html"> wiki</ulink> for details.
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<title>Samba Print Server</title>
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the network, on a Ubuntu server. Similar to <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/sharing/"> Samba-fileserver</ulink>, this section will show
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how to configure Samba to allow any client on the local network to use the
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installed printers without prompting for a username and password.
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url="help:/kubuntu/sharing/"> Samba-fileprint-security</ulink>
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<title>Installation</title>
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<application>CUPS</application> installation. See the <ulink
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url="https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/serverguide/C/cups.html"> wiki</ulink> for
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To install the <application>samba</application> package, from a terminal
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<command>sudo apt-get install samba</command>
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<title>Configuration</title>
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After installing samba edit <filename>/etc/samba/smb.conf</filename>. Change the <emphasis>workgroup</emphasis>
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attribute to what is appropriate for your network, and change <emphasis>security</emphasis> to
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<emphasis role="italic">share</emphasis>:
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In the <emphasis>[printers]</emphasis> section change the <emphasis>guest ok</emphasis> option to <emphasis role="italic">yes</emphasis>:
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<title>Configuration</title>
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After installing samba, edit <filename>/etc/samba/smb.conf</filename>. Change
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the <emphasis>workgroup</emphasis> attribute to what is appropriate for the
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network, and change <emphasis>security</emphasis> to <emphasis
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role="italic">share</emphasis>:
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In the <emphasis>[printers]</emphasis> section, change the <emphasis>guest
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ok</emphasis> option to <emphasis role="italic">yes</emphasis>:
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After editing <filename>smb.conf</filename>, restart Samba:
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<command>sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart</command>
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The default Samba configuration will automatically share any printers installed. Simply install the printer locally
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on your Windows clients.
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The default Samba configuration will automatically share any printers
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installed. Simply install printers locally on the Windows clients.
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<title>Resources</title>
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<title>Resources</title>
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For in depth Samba configurations see the
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<ulink url="http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/">Samba HOWTO Collection</ulink>
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The guide is also available in
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<ulink url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131882228">printed format</ulink>.
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O'Reilly's <ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007690/">Using Samba</ulink> is another good
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Also, see the <ulink url="http://www.cups.org/">CUPS Website</ulink> for more information on configuring CUPS.
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For in depth Samba configurations see the <ulink
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url="http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/">Samba HOWTO
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The guide is also available in <ulink
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url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131882228">printed
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O'Reilly's <ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007690/">Using
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Samba</ulink> is another good reference.
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information on configuring CUPS.
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<title>Scanning</title>
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Kubuntu offers support for a variety of scanners. Want to know if your scanner
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is supported? If so then review the <ulink
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&kubuntu; offers support for a variety of scanners. To see if a particular
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scanner is supported, review the <ulink
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url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners">Scanner
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Hardware Support</ulink> wiki page as well as the <ulink
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supported scanners</ulink>.
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Software wise Kubuntu comes with the application
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<application>Kooka</application>, the KDE scanning and <acronym>OCR</acronym>,
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installed. To access <application>Kooka</application> go to &menukooka;. More
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information on <application>kooka</application> can be located in <ulink
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&kubuntu; comes installed with the software application
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<application>Kooka</application>, KDE scanning and <acronym>OCR</acronym>. To
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access <application>Kooka</application> go to &menukooka;. More
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information on <application>Kooka</application> can be located in <ulink
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type="help" url="help:/kooka">The Kooka Manual</ulink>.
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<title>Scanner Installation and Configuration</title>
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Once you have researched and found out that your scanner is supported,
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installation is the next step. A majority of the supported
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<acronym>USB</acronym> scanners will automatically get installed. If your
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scanner does not automatically install and is listed as supported, or even if
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it isn't listed, refer to the following installation instructions.
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If the scanner is supported, installation is the next step. Most supported
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<acronym>USB</acronym> scanners will be installed automatically. If the
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scanner is not automatically installed, refer to the following installation
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<title>Installation Help</title>
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Please refer to the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/manage-software/">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation