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