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<article lang="&language;" id="print">
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<title
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>print</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author
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>&Kurt.Pfeifle; &Kurt.Pfeifle.mail;</author>
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<othercredit role="translator"
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><firstname
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>Malcolm</firstname
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><surname
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>Hunter</surname
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><affiliation
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><address
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><email
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>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
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></address
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></affiliation
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><contrib
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>Conversion to British English</contrib
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></othercredit
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>
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</authorgroup>
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<date
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>2002-06-23</date>
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<releaseinfo
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>1.00.00</releaseinfo>
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</articleinfo>
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<para
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>The <acronym
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>print</acronym
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> KIOSlave gives quick access to browse different &kdeprint; sections via <quote
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>virtual folders</quote
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>. These folders provide some information about and quick access to your print subsystem.</para>
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<para
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><command
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>print:/</command
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> represents one more of those useful KIOSlaves implemented by &kde;. To access it, just type <userinput
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>print:/ </userinput
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> into the address field of &konqueror;. <userinput
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>print:/ </userinput
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> doesn't purely provide <quote
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>read-only</quote
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> access to your print subsystem, but it also allows you to change settings of your printers, of your print system and lets you create new printers and classes.</para>
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<para
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>You are asked for the Administrator or root password, if you are not allowed a view or an operation as a normal user.</para>
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<para
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>You can bookmark frequently used shortcuts like <command
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>print:/manager</command
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></para>
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<para
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>Valid syntax is either <userinput
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>print:/[path-to-virtual-folder]</userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:[path-to-virtual-folder]</userinput
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></para>
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<para
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>Note, that some of the views and actions offered do heavily depend on the print subsystem that is installed on your box and presently activated for &kde;. Pages showing printer information display only those parts that are valid for the &kde; selected print subsystem. (So if you normally run <acronym
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>CUPS</acronym
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>, but switched temporarily to <quote
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>Generic UNIX LPD Printing</quote
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>, which is possible, you will see less printer info, because LPD is not capable of using the same amount of print settings as are possible in CUPS).</para>
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<para
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>Valid syntax to access different virtual folders and a short explanation of what they represent:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<title
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>Some examples</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/ </userinput
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> (&ie; the root of print-kioslave)</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>virtual root for browsing your print subsystem. It displays subfolders <quote
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>Classes</quote
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>, <quote
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>Jobs</quote
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>, <quote
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>Manager</quote
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>, <quote
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>Printers</quote
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>, and <quote
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>Specials</quote
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></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/classes</userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:classes </userinput
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> </term
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> <listitem>
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<para
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>view your printer classes (supported by and useful for CUPS only) </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/classes/class_name </userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:classes/class_name </userinput
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> </term
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> <listitem>
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<para
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>view all members of the named printer class (supported by and useful only for CUPS) </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/jobs </userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:jobs </userinput
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>lists the current and pending jobs. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/printers </userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:printers </userinput
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>lists all your printers. Clicking on a printer name shows more info about that printer. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/printers/printer_name </userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:printers/printer_name </userinput
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> </term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>displays useful info about the named printer </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/manager </userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:manager </userinput
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> </term
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> <listitem>
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<para
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>opens a page very similar to the &kdeprint; Manager module inside the &kde; Control Centre. Switch to a different printing system here or do every other administrative task. </para>
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<para
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>This is the most important of access points to your printing system. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><userinput
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>print:/specials </userinput
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> or <userinput
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>print:specials </userinput
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> </term
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><listitem>
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<para
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>lists all presently available <quote
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>special printers</quote
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>: Likely you'll see:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>The two that let you save a printfile to disk, in &PostScript; or <acronym
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>PDF</acronym
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> format.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>One that sends it as a <acronym
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>PDF</acronym
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> attachment via &kmail;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>And last, send it via fax, if you have one of the supported fax backends active, <application
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>Hylafax</application
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> or <application
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>efax</application
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>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<tip
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><para
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>You can also put <command
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>print:/manager</command
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> or similar as the command in the <quote
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>Quick Command</quote
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> utility (started via <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Alt;<keycap
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>F2</keycap
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></keycombo
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>)</para
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></tip>
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<para
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>You can learn more about printing and &kdeprint;'s powerful abilities by reading the <ulink url="help:/kdeprint/index.html"
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>&kdeprint; Handbook locally</ulink
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> or at the <ulink url="http://printing.kde.org/"
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>&kdeprint; Website</ulink
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> where there are documents online (<acronym
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>HTML</acronym
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> and <acronym
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>PDF</acronym
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>),containing <ulink url="http://printing.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/"
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>Tutorials</ulink
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>, as well as <ulink url="http://printing.kde.org/faq/"
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>FAQs</ulink
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> and Tips and Tricks related to printing in general.</para>
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</article>
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