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<desc>Install the drivers to make your printer work.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-03-18" status="stub"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Jim Campbell</name>
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<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Kelly Sinnott</name>
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<email>ksinnott5ht@gmail.com</email>
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</credit>
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<license>
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<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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<title>Install print drivers</title>
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<p>If you have followed the steps to <link xref="printing-setup">set up a local printer</link>
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and you do not see the printer you want to set up in either <gui>Local</gui> or
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<gui>Network</gui> you may need to install the print drivers manually.</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p> First, open a web browser using the <gui>Activities</gui> menu and
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navigate to <cmd>http://localhost:631</cmd>. This is the web interface for CUPS, the
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Common Unix Printing System. (If you do not see this page, you might need to install the
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CUPS package for your distribution.)</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p> Next, select the <gui>Administration</gui> tab at the top. Under the
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<gui>Printers</gui> header, click the <gui>Add Printer</gui> button. You will need
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administrative access to add a printer; log in with the username "root" and your
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administrative password to continue.
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>On the <gui>Add Printer</gui> page, select your printer and click
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"continue". (If it is not visible, Linux is not detecting your hardware. Check
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connections and try rebooting the computer.)</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<p>CUPS will guide you through the process of printer setup. When it is complete,
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your printer should appear in
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<guiseq><gui>Your Name</gui> <gui>System Settings</gui> <gui>Printers</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</page>
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