<article lang="&language;" id="print"> <title >print</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author ><firstname >Kurt</firstname ><surname >Pfeifle</surname > <affiliation ><address ><email >kpfeifle@danka.de</email ></address ></affiliation > </author> </authorgroup> <date >2002-07-01</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 ><quote >print:/</quote > 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 <quote >print:/manager</quote ></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 CUPS, 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 > -- </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 >(i.e. the root of print-kioslave)</term > <listitem > <para > virtual root for browsing your print subsystem. It displays subfolders <quote >classes</quote >, <quote >printers</quote >, <quote >manager</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:/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 > <para > * the two that let you save a printfile to disk, in PostScript or PDF format;</para > <para > * one that sends it as a PDF-attachment via KMail;</para > <para > * and last, send it via fax, if you have one of the supported fax backends active, Hylafax or efax.</para > </listitem > </varlistentry > </variablelist> <para >Hint: you can also put <quote >print:/manager</quote > or similar as command in the <quote >Quick Command</quote > utility (started via <userinput >[ALT+F2]</userinput >) </para> <para > </para> <para > -- </para> <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 >. The information at this website is regularly updated. There are already a few documents online (HTML and PDF),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+Tricks related to printing in general.</para> </article>
