Additional Resources

7.9. Additional Resources

Printing configuration and network printing are broad topics requiring knowledge and experience in hardware, networking, and system administration. For more detailed information about deploying printer services in your environments, refer to the following resources.

7.9.1. Installed Documentation

  • lpr(1) man page — Information on printing selected files on the printer of your choice.

  • lprm(1) man page — Information on removing print jobs from a printer queue.

  • cupsd(8) man page — The CUPS printer daemon.

  • cupsd.conf(5) man page — The file format for the CUPS printer daemon configuration file.

  • classes.conf(5) man page — The file format for the CUPS class configuration file.

  • Files in /usr/share/doc/cups-<version> — The document collection for CUPS.

7.9.2. Useful Websites

7.9.3. Related Books

  • Network Printing by Matthew Gast and Todd Radermacher; O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. — Comprehensive information on using Linux as a print server in heterogeneous environments.

  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — Includes a chapter on printer configuration.