Linux [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Printing

Most printing is done using the application that created the file. The Print button in the application sends the file to the default printer. When you press the Print button, you see a window that looks very much like the print window on Windows, where you can select a printer, pages to print, number of copies, and other options.

The KDE desktop provides kprinter, an application that prints files to printers or to PDF files. If you can't find it on the main menu, select Run and type kprinter. In the window that opens, click Expand to see the window in Figure 14-5.

In Name, you can select the printer. You can also select Print to File (PDF). The folder to the right of the list box allows you to browse for the files to print. Click tabs to select pages to print, number of copies, and schedule a time for the job to print.

You can send a file to a printer from the command line with the following command:

lpr -P

name filename

name is the name of the print queue, such as Laser. If you leave the -P option out, the file is sent to the default print queue.