The UNIX/Linux environment offers several kinds of tools for viewing and managing printe...

The UNIX/Linux environment offers several kinds of tools for viewing and managing printer functions. In this project, you use the GNOME desktop printing utility in Fedora 13 Linux. Also, you employ the lpc command from the command line to view printers connected to your computer. It is not necessary to have a printer already connected to the computer.

To learn about adding a printer using the GNOME Printing utility:

1. Click System in the top Panel, point to Administration, and click Printing.

2. Click the + Add button in the Printing - localhost window.

3. If you see the Adjust Firewall dialog box to enable detection of network printers, click No.

4. Make sure that Serial Port #1 is selected and click Forward. Wait for a moment as the Printing tool searches for drivers.

5. Click Brother in the Choose driver window and click Forward.

6. Leave the default selections for Model and Driver for this project and click Forward.

7. In the Describe Printer window, type a dash and your initials after the default Pinter Name and Description, such as -JP. Click Apply.

8. Click No so that you do not print a test page.

9. You see the printer you just configured in the Printing - localhost window. Note that you can use the Printer option in the menu bar to further configure and manage the printer.

10. Close the Printing - localhost window.

To find out the status of printers in Fedora Linux (and in most UNIX/Linux systems):

1. Access the command line or a terminal window (such as by clicking Applications, pointing to System Tools, and clicking Terminal).

2. Type lpc status and press Enter. (Note that in some versions of UNIX/Linux you would type lpc status all instead to view the status of all print queues.)

3. Printer and print queue information is displayed, similar to the information in Figure 6-25.

4. Close the terminal window.