Another post inspired by messing around with Xubuntu at work.
At home I have no printer connected to my PC, I can’t remember the last time I wanted to print anything out. At work though, I need to print out things all the time.
Xubuntu Edgy uses a Printer GUI from Fedora Core 6; system-config-printer to manage printers. I used it to setup a connection to a local printer on my PC. It’s pretty straightforward.
The application should be in the Applications -> Settings Menu -> Printing.
From there choose the New Printer button. In the next screen enter the name for the printer and optional human-readable name and location.
The next step is to choose the connection to the printer. My printer is connected by USB, so I chose USB #1. (I later tried to connect to another printer on our network using SAMBA without any luck yet.)
Next I had to choose the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) from the list of available options.
Last thing to setup is the model and driver for the printer.
After the print setup is complete, specific options for the printer can be changed; whether it is the default printer, paper size, print quality and so on.
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