February 2004
Intermediate to advanced
383 pages
11h 49m
English
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Chapter 4. Printing
Mac
OS X offers a rich and flexible set of tools for administering and
using a wide variety of printers. Unix and Linux users will find
tools that are familiar, as well as a few new ones. In this chapter
we will first discuss basic use of the Printer Setup Utility found in
the /Applications/Utilities folder. We will then
discuss the Mac OS X implementations of the printing tools most Unix
and Linux users will find familiar. In particular, we will discuss
the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), GIMP-print, HP InkJet Server
(HPIJS), and Samba Printing.
Printer Setup Utility
If you’re using a popular USB printer under Mac OS X, it is likely that all you’ll need to do is connect it to the USB port and choose this printer in the Print dialog when you want to print a document. However, there are some circumstances where it’s not so simple:
Perhaps your USB printer does not automatically show up as an available printer in the Print dialog
Maybe you want to share your printer with other computers on your LAN
Perhaps you want to use a network printer such as one listed in Open Directory, an AppleTalk printer, or one for which all you have is an IP address
If you haven’t already set up a printer using the Printer Setup Utility, there are three ways to add a new printer in Mac OS X:
- Add a printer automatically
Attempting to print a document from virtually any application automatically launches the Printer Setup Utility: Mac OS X first informs you that you have no printers available, ...
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