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