Printing in Linux
Printing in Linux is similar to printing in other operating systems, with one major exception: You control the entire process from beginning to end, with the capability to customize the printing process to fit your exact needs.
Unfortunately, this usually translates into added confusion and complication—especially for people who are more used to DOS/Windows print systems, which generally allow printing as soon as a driver is loaded from a disk and the system is restarted.
In Linux (and most of the other UNIX variants), the process is totally visible. You set up a print queue and create a filter if your print jobs need to be translated from one print language to another (such as translating from PostScript to PCL so that HP ...
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