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Printers can either be connected to your system locally or over a network.
There are several ways to set up a printer in openSUSE: with YaST,
or on the command line. There are also desktop tools in KDE or GNOME for
setting up printers but we recommend to use YaST for this task.
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Refer to Section “Setting Up a Printer” (Chapter 2, <i>Setting Up Hardware Components with YaST</i>, ↑Start-Up) for detailed information how to
configure printers with YaST.
</p><div class="note"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Note: Troubleshooting"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Note]" src="admon/note.png"></td><th align="left">Troubleshooting</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
If you have problems configuring your printer, ask your system
administrator. An in-depth coverage of printer configuration for
administrators can be found in Chapter <i>Printer Operation</i> (↑Reference).
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The KDE print dialog is started automatically each time you print from a
KDE application.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id345262"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 7.1. KDE Print Dialog</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="50%"><tr><td><img src="images/kde_print.png" width="100%" alt="KDE Print Dialog"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
The <span class="guimenu">Name</span> drop-down list shows all printers that have
been configured for your computer (either local printers or network
printers). It also allows you to print contents to a PDF or Postscript
file. To print to a file, choose the respective entry and specify a
location for the <span class="guimenu">Output File</span>. Otherwise, choose one of
the available printers and edit the <span class="guimenu">Properties</span> of your
print job, such as page orientation, paper size or print margins.
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To specify the number of copies and various other options, click
<span class="guimenu">Options</span> at the bottom left. The window then expands and
shows several tabs. The available tabs and options depend on both your
printer model and on the application you started the print dialog from.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id384030"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 7.2. KDE Print Options</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="50%"><tr><td><img src="images/kde_print_options.png" width="100%" alt="KDE Print Options"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
On the <span class="guimenu">Copies</span> tab, set the <span class="guimenu">Print
Range</span> (which pages of the document to print) and the number of
copies.
Switch to the <span class="guimenu">Options</span> tab to define special settings
such as <span class="guimenu">Duplex Printing</span> or <span class="guimenu">Color
Mode</span> (if supported by your printer model). The
<span class="guimenu">Pages</span> tab lets you specify if to print multiple pages
per sheet (if supported by your printer model). The other tabs provide
even more options, but they are rarely needed. If all options are set
according to your wishes, click <span class="guimenu">Print</span> to start the
print job. Currently, it is not possible to save your print options in the
KDE 4 print dialog (like KPrinter allows for KDE 3.x).
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Once your print job has been filed, you can watch its progress using the
printer applet
(<code class="systemitem">kde4-printer-applet</code> package)
which integrates into your system tray. To start the applet manually,
press <span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">F2</span>
and enter <span class="command"><strong>printer-applet</strong></span>.
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