Printer Setup for StarOffice
Support knowledgebase (ke_so-print)
Applies to
SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.1
Situation
You want to set up your printer for StarOffice.
Prerequisite
The attached printer can already be used from the command line with
lpr
. Should this not be the case, set up your printer first.
You can refer to the manual for this purpose.
StarOffice must be installed.
Standard Case
This procedure has been tested in SuSE Linux 6.4, but it should work
in other versions of SuSE Linux.
StarOffice's standard print queue is usually preset and it uses the
lpr
command to print. Therefore, printing on StarOffice
should work without
having to perform any additional configuration.
If this is not the case:
-
Start StarOffice as root.
-
Select "Printer Setup".
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From the list at "Existing printer drivers", select "Generic Printer"
(possibly "Generic PostScript Printer", too) and subsequently "Add New Printer".
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Now you can find the printer "Generic Printer on queue default_queue (lpr)"
under "Installed printers", which can be selected as "Generic Printer"
to print a document via "File" and "Print".
In this case, StarOffice will print the document by means of the
command
lpr
.
Additional Specific Settings
As a general rule, the standard printer should be able to print
relatively quickly and in black and white only. It
should be set up accordingly.
An additional print queue should be set up for color print or optimum quality. The
command lpr -Pcolor file_name
enables printing from the
command line via this additional print queue.
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Please repeat the first three steps from above.
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First, find the printer "Generic Printer_1 on queue default_queue
(lpr)" under "Installed printers".
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Now select "Connect" then the right print queue at
"Existing queues" ("hq=lpr -P color" for this example).
StarOffice will print the document with the command
lpr -P color
.
Now you can find the printer "Generic Printer_1 on queue color (lpr -P
color)" under "Installed
printers", which can be subsequently selected as "Generic Printer_1"
to print a document via "File" and "Print".
Note:
There should be no spaces between -P
and the queue
name. For this reason,
we could actually enter lpr -Pcolor
under "Existing queues" in the example above.
See also:
Installing a Printer
Installing a printer since SuSE Linux 6.4 and up to 7.3
Keywords: PRINTER, STAR OFFICE, PRINT
Categories:
Commercial Applications
, Printer
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