Installing a Printer for PowerPC

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Applies to

SuSE Linux PowerPC: Versions since 6.4

Request:

You want to install your printer for SuSE Linux PowerPC.

Procedure:

If "PowerPC" is not mentioned explicitly in the following articles, a Intel-based PC is assumed. Hardware-specific information, such as special BIOS settings, are normally related to Intel-based PCs, so are not relevant for PowerPC.

I) Prerequisites:

Find more information regarding these prerequisite in the article Installing a Printer

II) Selection of the Suitable Ghostscript Driver:

See the article Installing a Printer

III) Configuration using YaST2 or SETUP (or lprsetup):

See the articles Installing a printer since SuSE Linux 6.4 and Installing a printer
If you want to use SETUP (or lprsetup) to configure a USB printer:
Select PARALLEL in the DEVICE section and enter /dev/usblp0 as device.
See PPC: USB printer
Regarding serial printers see PPC: Printing with Old Macs - Serial Printers

IV) Testing the Printer:

See the article Installing a Printer


See also:
o Purchase of Printers and Compatibility
o Installing a Printer
o Installing a Printer from SuSE Linux 6.4 to 7.3
o PPC: USB-printer
o PPC: Printing with Old Macs - Serial Printers

Keywords: PPC, PRINTING, PRINTER, POWERPC, MACINTOSH, APPLE

Categories: Power PC

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