<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Printing HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="howto-intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >The Printing HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Grant Taylor</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><br> <TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:gtaylor+pht@picante.com" >gtaylor+pht@picante.com</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN10" >Dirk Allaert</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><br> <TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:dirk.allaert@reachout.be" >dirk.allaert@reachout.be</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="pubdate" >v1.8, 2003-06-22<BR></P ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN17" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This is the Printing HOWTO, a collection of information on how to generate, preview, print and fax anything under GNU/Linux. Almost everything applies equally well to free software users using other Unix-like operating systems.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="howto-intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="howto-intro.html#terminology" >Terminology</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="howto-intro.html#howto-hist" >History</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="howto-intro.html#howto-copy" >Copyright</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="quickstart.html" >Quick Start</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="quickstart.html#getting-help" >Where to Get Help</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="how.html" >How to print</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="how.html#with-lpd-and-lpr" >With BSD LPD and the lpr command</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="how.html#AEN120" >With System V LPD and the lp command</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="how.html#AEN130" >With CUPS</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="how.html#how-with-gui-tools" >GUI Printing Tools</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="kernel.html" >Kernel printer devices</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="kernel.html#old-lp-device" >The lp device (kernels <=2.1.32)</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="kernel.html#new-parport-device" >The parport device (kernels >= 2.1.33)</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="kernel.html#serial-devices" >Serial devices</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="kernel.html#usb-devices" >USB Devices</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="printers.html" >Supported Printers</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="printers.html#supported-printers-postscript" >Postscript</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="printers.html#non-ps-printers" >Non-Postscript</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="printers.html#what-printers-work" >What printers work?</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="printers.html#shopping" >How to buy a printer</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="spoolers.html" >Spooling software</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="spoolers.html#cups-which-spooler" >CUPS</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="spoolers.html#lpd-which-spooler" >LPD</A ></DT ><DT >6.3. <A HREF="spoolers.html#lprng-which-spooler" >LPRng</A ></DT ><DT >6.4. <A HREF="spoolers.html#ppr-which-spooler" >PPR</A ></DT ><DT >6.5. <A HREF="spoolers.html#others-which-spooler" >Others</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="background.html" >How it all works</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="background.html#cups-overview" >CUPS</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="background.html#lpd-overview" >LPD</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="setup.html" >How to set things up</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="setup.html#cups-config-tutorial" >Configuring CUPS</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="setup.html#lpd-config-tutorial" >Configuring LPD</A ></DT ><DT >8.3. <A HREF="setup.html#large-installations" >Large Installations</A ></DT ><DT >8.4. <A HREF="setup.html#accounting" >Accounting</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="vendors.html" >Vendor Solutions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="vendors.html#rhs-filters-come-with-redhat" >Red Hat</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="vendors.html#debian-what-comes-with" >Debian</A ></DT ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="vendors.html#suse-what-comes-with" >SuSE</A ></DT ><DT >9.4. <A HREF="vendors.html#caldera-what-comes-with" >Caldera</A ></DT ><DT >9.5. <A HREF="vendors.html#corel-what-comes-with" >Corel</A ></DT ><DT >9.6. <A HREF="vendors.html#mandrake-what-comes-with" >Mandrake</A ></DT ><DT >9.7. <A HREF="vendors.html#slackware-what-comes-with" >Slackware</A ></DT ><DT >9.8. <A HREF="vendors.html#other-dists" >Other Distributions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="ghostscript.html" >Ghostscript.</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.1. <A HREF="ghostscript.html#invoking-gs" >Invoking Ghostscript</A ></DT ><DT >10.2. <A HREF="ghostscript.html#gs-tuning-stuff" >Ghostscript output tuning</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11. <A HREF="network.html" >Networks</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.1. <A HREF="network.html#network-to-unix" >Printing to a Unix/lpd host</A ></DT ><DT >11.2. <A HREF="network.html#network-to-windows" >Printing to a Windows or Samba printer</A ></DT ><DT >11.3. <A HREF="network.html#network-to-netware" >Printing to a NetWare Printer</A ></DT ><DT >11.4. <A HREF="network.html#network-to-apple" >Printing to an EtherTalk (Apple) printer</A ></DT ><DT >11.5. <A HREF="network.html#networked-printers" >Printing to a networked printer</A ></DT ><DT >11.6. <A HREF="network.html#if-for-remote-printers" >Running an <TT CLASS="option" >if</TT > for remote printers with old LPDs</A ></DT ><DT >11.7. <A HREF="network.html#network-from-windows" >From Windows.</A ></DT ><DT >11.8. <A HREF="network.html#networks-from-apple" >From an Apple.</A ></DT ><DT >11.9. <A HREF="network.html#networks-from-netware" >From Netware.</A ></DT ><DT >11.10. <A HREF="network.html#AEN1980" >Networked Printer Administration</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >12. <A HREF="winprinters.html" >Windows-only printers</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >12.1. <A HREF="winprinters.html#gs-win-redirector" >The Ghostscript Windows redirector</A ></DT ><DT >12.2. <A HREF="winprinters.html#hp-winprinters" >HP Winprinters</A ></DT ><DT >12.3. <A HREF="winprinters.html#lex-winprinters" >Lexmark Winprinters</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >13. <A HREF="faxing.html" >How to print to a fax machine.</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.1. <A HREF="faxing.html#using-a-faxmodem" >Using a faxmodem</A ></DT ><DT >13.2. <A HREF="faxing.html#fax-via-email" >Using the Remote Printing Service</A ></DT ><DT >13.3. <A HREF="faxing.html#fax-via-web" >Commercial Faxing Services</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14. <A HREF="authoring.html" >How to generate something worth printing.</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.1. <A HREF="authoring.html#markup-languages" >Markup languages</A ></DT ><DT >14.2. <A HREF="authoring.html#wysiwyg-processors" >WYSIWYG Word Processors</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >15. <A HREF="photos.html" >Printing Photographs</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.1. <A HREF="photos.html#gs-photos-tips-and-tricks" >Ghostscript and Photos</A ></DT ><DT >15.2. <A HREF="photos.html#paper-for-inkjets" >Paper</A ></DT ><DT >15.3. <A HREF="photos.html#photo-printer-settings" >Printer Settings</A ></DT ><DT >15.4. <A HREF="photos.html#inkjet-archiving" >Print Durability</A ></DT ><DT >15.5. <A HREF="photos.html#commercial-photo-printing-software" >Shareware and Commercial Software</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16. <A HREF="previewing.html" >On-screen previewing of printable things.</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.1. <A HREF="previewing.html#previewing-with-ghostscript" >PostScript</A ></DT ><DT >16.2. <A HREF="previewing.html#previewing-tex-dvi" >TeX dvi</A ></DT ><DT >16.3. <A HREF="previewing.html#pdf-previewing" >Adobe PDF</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >17. <A HREF="serial.html" >Serial printers under lpd</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >17.1. <A HREF="serial.html#serial-printcap" >Setting up in printcap</A ></DT ><DT >17.2. <A HREF="serial.html#AEN2276" >Older serial printers that drop characters</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >18. <A HREF="development.html" >What's missing?</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >18.1. <A HREF="development.html#AEN2285" >Plumbing</A ></DT ><DT >18.2. <A HREF="development.html#AEN2288" >Fonts</A ></DT ><DT >18.3. <A HREF="development.html#AEN2291" >Drivers</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19. <A HREF="credits.html" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >A. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1. <A HREF="gfdl-0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >A.2. <A HREF="gfdl-1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.3. <A HREF="gfdl-2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >A.4. <A HREF="gfdl-3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >A.5. <A HREF="gfdl-4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.6. <A HREF="gfdl-5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.7. <A HREF="gfdl-6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.8. <A HREF="gfdl-7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >A.9. <A HREF="gfdl-8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.10. <A HREF="gfdl-9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.11. <A HREF="gfdl-10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT >A.12. <A HREF="gfdl-addendum.html" >ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="howto-intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >