Selecting a Print Device
When you set up a new printer or when you modify the properties
of a configured printer, you must select an appropriate device for
that printer. The following table describes the device choices that
might be displayed in the Select Device window.
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printer-name
| Specifies a printer that has been automatically detected.
| Select this device when setting up a new printer.
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printer-name (serial-number)
| Specifies a printer that has been automatically detected, and
includes the serial number.
| Select this device when setting up a newly detected printer. Note - Most often, this device is the same device as the printer-name device. The difference is that one entry
contains the serial number of the printer, and the other entry does
not. The reason two entries are listed for the same device is that
both the system-config-printer back end and the
HAL back end detect USB devices. When configuring a new printer, you
can specify either device.
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Serial Port # number
| Specifies a device that is connected to the serial port of your
local system.
| Select this device when setting up a printer that is connected
to your local system's serial port.
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AppSocket/HP Jet Direct
| Specifies a device that uses a method of communication with
network printers that is effectively a TCP connection.
| Select this device when setting up remote print queues on a
network.
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Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
| Specifies a device that is used for network printer setup on
a host that is running IPP.
| Select this device when setting up newer printer models on a
host that is running IPP.
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LPD/LPR Host or Printer
| Specifies a device that is used to connect to an LPD network
printer.
| Select this device when setting up remote print queues that
use LPD. Note - This device might not work for more modern printer models.
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Unknown
| Specifies a device that uses a Server Message Block (SMB) host
on the network.
| Select this device when setting up printers on Windows-hosted
systems. Note - This device might not be displayed on all systems.
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Other
| Specifies a device that uses a device URI that is user-defined.
| Select this device when setting up printers by specifying your
own destination or device URI, for example, file:///dev/printers/0. Note that file: device uri support
must be enabled under CUPS (cupsctl FileDevice=yes).
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