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Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers
(CUPS)
This section provides information for installing or setting up the print driver with
Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
6 Desktop, SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
The following procedure uses Dell H825cdw as an example.
Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop
Setup Overview
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop:
1 Install the print driver.
2 Set up the print queue.
3 Set up the default queue.
4 Specify the printing options.
Installing the Print Driver
1 Select Applications System Tools Terminal.
2 Enter the following command in the terminal window.
Setting Up the Print Queue
To perform printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.
1 Open the URL http://localhost:631 using a web browser.
2 Click Administration Add Printer.
3 Enter root as the user name, enter the administrator password, and then click OK.
For network connections:
a Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and
then click Continue.
b Enter the IP address of the printer in Connection, and then click Continue.
Format: lpd:// xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
a Select Dell Color MFP H825cdw from the Local Printers menu, and then click
Continue.
su
[administrator password]
rpm -ivh [file path]
/Dell-MFP-S2825cdn-H825cdw-x.x-x.rpm