© David Both 2020
D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5455-4_7

7. Printing

David Both1 
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn
  • How to install a printer and make it available to the VM

  • To describe the flow of a print data stream

  • To determine how well a printer is supported by CUPS under Linux

  • To select an appropriately well-supported printer for Linux

  • To select an appropriate PPD file for a printer when an exact match is not available

  • To configure a print queue from the command line using CUPS

  • To manage print queues; to enable and disable them and to move print jobs from one queue to another

  • To create print queue that converts printer data streams to PDF format for storage as a file

  • To convert ...

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