installing network printers

Chuck256 · 06-12-2007, 06:47 PM

I have just installed Fedora 7 on a computer attached to my home network. The network has 2 printers, an HP Officejet 7310 All-in-one, and an HP Laserjet 1200 attached to a Buffalo Sharedisk NAS. These work fine with four other computers running Windows XP. I haven't been able to locate a clear explanation of how to install these printers for Fedora 7. Can someone point me to a document that explains how to do this? Many thanks in adavnce.

dxqcanada · 06-12-2007, 07:12 PM

CUPS (Common Unix Printing Service) should be already installed.
If you find your print manager gui app you should see an option to select a print system ... CUPS should be an option.

CUPS supports many different protocols.
Take a look at your Windows to see if it is using LPR, TCP, etc printing.

You should be able to add a printer and the gui should ask you what (communication) type.