# The &tdeprint; Handbook

Kurt Pfeifle

    kpfeifle@danka.de

Michael Goffioul

    tdeprint@swing.be

Developer
Lauri Watts

    lauri@kde.org

Reviewer
Malcolm Hunter

    malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk

Conversion to British English
2001 Kurt Pfeifle
&FDLNotice;
2001-08-09
1.00.04

This handbook describes &tdeprint;. &tdeprint; is not a standalone program. It is the new printing framework for &kde; 2.2. &tdeprint; is an intermediate layer between &kde; (or other) applications and the selected (and installed) print subsystem of your OS (&OS;).

KDE tdebase tdeprint print printing CUPS LPR

## Introduction

This handbook describes &tdeprint;. &tdeprint; is not a standalone program. It is the new printing framework for &kde; 2.2. &tdeprint; is an intermediate layer between &kde; (or other) applications and the selected (and installed) print subsystem of your OS (&OS;).

It should be noted that both the developer of this application, and the author of this document are most familiar with &CUPS; as a printing system. At the time of writing, &CUPS; is the best supported printing subsystem, and it is the best documented.

This handbook is a work in progress, and later versions of the &tdeprint; software and editions of this handbook will support and explore more closely other printing systems.

In the meantime, even if your printing subsystem is not yet well covered, you are encouraged to explore the Printing Manager module in &kcontrol;, and you will find its operation to hopefully be fairly self evident, no matter what printing subsystem you use.

Lauri Watts, &kde; documentation team

### To configure your printing subsystem from &kcontrol;

To configure your printing subsystem from &kcontrol;, go to System Printing Manager and select your subsystem. Or you can let &tdeprint; try to determine it...

&CUPS; Printing Manager dialogue: overview via &kcontrol;
The dialogue to configure the &CUPS; server: security settings

Configuration of printing subsystem from &kcontrol;

&tech-overview-doc; &highlights-doc; &theory-doc; &getting-started-doc; &cups-configuration-doc; &add-printer-wizard-2-doc; &cupsoptions-presently-outside-kcontrol-doc; &rlpr-doc; &lpd-doc; &lpr-bsd-doc; &lprng-doc; &external-command-doc; &extensions-doc; &final-word-doc;

## Credits And Licences

&tdeprint; copyright 2001, Michael Goffioul tdeprint@swing.be

&underGPL;

Documentation copyright 2001, Kurt Pfeifle, kpfeifle@danka.de

&underFDL;

Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk