Before your printer can be used with TurboPrint, it must be set up in the TurboPrint control center.
Note : A detailed description of all printer setup options can be found in the chapter " 6. Add / edit printer".
Start the control center "TurboPrint Control". The main window looks as follows, however the list of printers will be empty first:
TurboPrint control center – main window
Press the button "Add" to add a new printer. The dialog "Add / edit printer" will open:
Dialog "Add printer"
There are two types of printer connections in the printer setup dialog: "standard printer " (printers that have been recognized automatically and other locally connected printers) and "other printer" (printers that are not automatically recognized, e.g. most network printers).
With the setting "standard printer" all printers that have been recognized automatically are listed. Choose the entry for your printer from the list.
There may be several entries for your printer if there are several port drivers for this printer port. E.g. a USB printers is listed once with TurboPrint's "TP-USB" port driver (URI = “tpu”) and once with the standard "USB" driver of the CUPS printing system.
Choose the entry that contains "TP-USB" so that the printer status can be displayed in the TurboPrint status monitor even while printing.
Note: the printer must be connected and switched on before the TurboPrint control center is started. If the printer is not recognized, plug in and switch on the printer, then quit TurboPrint control center and start it again.
A printer that is connected to a different local port – e.g. to the parallel port – may not be automatically recognized. If the printer port is in the list, simply select it. If you know the Linux device name for the port, enter it in the field "Other port" – e.g. " /dev/lp0" is the parallel printer port.
For network printers and other printers that are not recognized automatically choose "other printer" and specify manually how the printer can be reached. Information on all options can be found in chapter " 6. Add / edit printer".
Click on "Continue". In the window "Choose driver" you should first select the manufacturer of your printer, then select the model name of your printer in the list below.
The next step is to enter a "configuration name" and a "short name" for the printer queue. In most application programs you can choose your printer using the short name.
Finally click "OK".
Setting up the printer in Linux requires administration privileges, so you will be asked for your administrator password. After entering the password a dialog will offer to print a test page – thus you can test if all settings are correct. You can also print the test page later from the TurboPrint printer "Toolbox".
If you have chosen to print a test page the printer should start printing a page that looks like this:
If the printer doesn't print (or doesn't print correctly) read chapter "14. Problems and solutions " .