Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

72CHAPTER 2Post-Installation ConfigurationAfter selecting the connection type and possibly providing additional information for theconnection, click Forward to select the manufacturer for the printer. Click Forward againto select the model and driver as shown in Figure 2.14. The comment buttons on thebottom left side of the window toggle whether the printer, driver, and PPD comments aredisplayed on the right side of the window. The printer comments contain any additionalinformation about the selected printer. The driver comments are notes about the driverselected. If the printer is a PostScript printer, a PPD, or PostScript Printer Description file,it describes the features available on the printer and is used as the driver for the printer.The PPD comments show any comments about the PPD file for the selected print driver.FIGURE 2.14Selecting a Printer Model and DriverTo finish, click Forward and click Apply to confirm the printer creation. The mainwindow for the Printer Configuration Tool should now show the new printer in the list.The printer is now ready to accept print jobs. Select it from the list to set advancedoptions shown in Figure 2.15 such as the default page size, toner density, and whether ornot to use a starting or ending banner for each print job.To print a test page to verify that the printer is configured properly, select the printerfrom the list on the left, and click Print Test Page on the Settings tab.Adding a Printer ClassA printer class is a group of printers available to the system. The group can consist of bothlocal and remote printers. If a printer class is set as the default printer or is selected as theprint queue when printing, the first available printer in the class is sent the print job. Onemajor advantage of using a printer class instead of an individual printer is not having toset a new default printer if the default printer goes offline because of failure or maintenance.It also saves users time by preventing them from sending a print job to a printeralready in heavy use. Instead, their print job is sent to a printer that can process it faster.