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<bookinfo>
<title>The &kdeprint; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Kurt</firstname>
<surname>Pfeifle</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>kpfeifle@danka.de</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
        
<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<surname>Goffioul</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>kdeprint@swing.be</email></address>
</affiliation>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
</othercredit>

<othercredit role="reviewer">
<firstname>Lauri</firstname>
<surname>Watts</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
<contrib>Reviewer</contrib>
</othercredit>

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</authorgroup>

<copyright>
<year>2001</year>
<holder>Kurt Pfeifle</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2001-08-09</date>
<releaseinfo>1.00.04</releaseinfo>

<abstract>
<para>This handbook describes &kdeprint;. &kdeprint; is not a standalone
program. It is the new printing framework for &kde; 2.2. &kdeprint;
is an intermediate layer between &kde; (or other) applications and the selected
(and installed) print subsystem of your OS (&OS;).</para>
</abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>kdebase</keyword>
<keyword>kdeprint</keyword>
<keyword>print</keyword>
<keyword>printing</keyword>
<keyword>CUPS</keyword>
<keyword>LPR</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>This handbook describes &kdeprint;. &kdeprint; is not a standalone
program. It is the new printing framework for &kde; 2.2. &kdeprint;
is an intermediate layer between &kde; (or other) applications and the selected
(and installed) print subsystem of your OS (&OS;).</para>

<para>It should be noted that both the developer of this application,
and the author of this document are most familiar with &CUPS; as a
printing system.  At the time of writing, &CUPS; is the best supported
printing subsystem, and it is the best documented.</para>

<para>This handbook is a work in progress, and later versions of the
&kdeprint; software and editions of this handbook will support and
explore more closely other printing systems.</para>

<para>In the meantime, even if your printing subsystem is not yet well
covered, you are encouraged to explore the <guilabel>Printing
Manager</guilabel> module in &kcontrol;, and you will find its
operation to hopefully be fairly self evident, no matter what printing
subsystem you use.</para>

<para>Lauri Watts, &kde; documentation team</para>

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<sect1>
<title>To configure your printing subsystem from &kcontrol;</title>

<para>To configure your printing subsystem from &kcontrol;, go to
<menuchoice><guilabel>System</guilabel><guilabel>Printing
Manager</guilabel></menuchoice> and select your subsystem. Or you can
let &kdeprint; try to determine it... </para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&CUPS; Printing Manager dialog: overview via &kcontrol;</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="steinbruch_scaled.png"
format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The dialog to configure the &CUPS; server: security 
settings</phrase></textobject>
<caption><para>Configuration of printing subsystem from 
&kcontrol;</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</sect1>

</chapter>

&tech-overview-doc;

&highlights-doc;

&theory-doc;

&getting-started-doc;

&cups-configuration-doc;

&add-printer-wizard-2-doc;

&cupsoptions-presently-outside-kcontrol-doc;

&rlpr-doc;

&lpd-doc;

&lpr-bsd-doc;

&lprng-doc;

&external-command-doc;

&extensions-doc;

&final-word-doc;

<chapter id="credits-and-license">
<title>Credits And Licenses</title>

<para>&kdeprint; copyright 2001, Michael Goffioul
<email>kdeprint@swing.be</email></para>
&underGPL;

<para>Documentation copyright 2001, Kurt Pfeifle,
<email>kpfeifle@danka.de</email></para>
&underFDL;

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</chapter>

</book>

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