Before you can install a printer, you need to know the root password and have your printer information ready. Depending on how you connect to the printer, you might also need the printer URI, TCP/IP address or host, and the driver for the printer. A number of common printer drivers ship with openSUSE. If you cannot find a driver for the printer, check the printer manufacturer's Web site.
You can also use YaST to configure your printers, as described in
Section 2.5, Setting Up a Printer
in the
openSUSE 10.3 Start-Up Guide.
Connect the printer cable to your computer and connect the printer's power supply.
The printer dialog should open. If it doesn’t, click to open it.
Enter the root password.
Click .
If the printer was autodetected, select the printer from the list. If the printer was not autodetected, click and then select the correct printer port.
Click .
Select the printer driver for this printer, then click .
You can also install a printer driver from a disk, or visit the printer manufacturer's Web site to download the latest driver.
Specify desired options (such as a description or location) for the printer in the Properties dialog box, then click .
The installed printer appears in the Printers dialog box. You can now print to the printer from any application.
Click .
Right-click the printer you want to modify, then click .
Modify the properties, then click .
Click .
Double-click the printer you sent the job to.
Right-click the print job, then click .
If the print job does not appear in the list, then the print job might have been printed already.
Click .
Click .
Type the root password, then click .
Right-click the printer you want to delete, then click .