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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kdeprint/getting-started.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kdeprint/getting-started.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index e39ba2627c9..00000000000 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kdeprint/getting-started.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,187 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="getting-started"> -<title ->Getting Started</title> - -<para ->This chapter of the &tdeprint; Handbook will walk you through most of the configuration or selection options of &tdeprint;. It will mainly deal with &CUPS; in this version, as the author is most familiar with it, and also because &tdeprint; started off with supporting &CUPS; best. Later versions of the &tdeprint; software and editions of this handbook will support and explore other printing systems more closely.</para> - -<sect1 id="selecting-your-print-subsystem"> -<title ->Selecting Your Print Subsystem</title> - -<para ->You need to define your print subsystem, before you are able to install any printer with the &tdeprint; framework. There are two areas where you can define this: either in &kcontrol; (The <guilabel ->Printing Manager</guilabel -> section), or directly and <quote ->on the fly</quote -> from the print dialogue.</para> - -<para ->Navigate to <menuchoice -><guimenu ->K Menu</guimenu -> <guisubmenu ->Preferences</guisubmenu -> <guisubmenu ->System</guisubmenu -> <guimenuitem ->Printing Manager</guimenuitem -></menuchoice ->. At the bottom you can see a button that lets you select which printing subsystem you want to use. In &kde; 2.2 you can choose from the following alternatives:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para ->&CUPS; (Common &UNIX; Printing System)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->Print through an external program (generic)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para -><acronym ->LPR</acronym -> (Standard <acronym ->BSD</acronym -> Print System)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para ->Generic &UNIX; <acronym ->LPD</acronym -> print system (the default)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para -><acronym ->RLPR</acronym -> environment (print to remote <acronym ->LPD</acronym -> servers from the command line)</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para ->Of course, the chosen system must be installed, and up and running on your box prior to your selection, or before it takes effect. </para> - -<para ->On it's first startup, &tdeprint; will try an autodetection. This only works for:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para ->&CUPS;, as it is checking first for a running &CUPS; daemon</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para -><acronym ->LPD</acronym ->, as it is checking for a running <acronym ->LPD</acronym -> daemon, plus a <filename ->printcap</filename -> file.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<!-- <para> -Go to System->XY->ABC. Now you can choose from the following -alternatives: -</para ->--> - -<para ->The system you choose must be installed on your system prior to your selection. The author's personal recommendation is &CUPS;.</para> - -<para ->Once autodetected, chosen, or changed, the active print subsystem will take effect for all &kde; applications. Different users may have different print subsystems in use, if those do exist on the computer and are compliant with each other. Their settings are stored in the <filename ->tdeprintrc</filename ->. This file is unique to every user, and is normally installed in <filename ->$<envar ->HOME</envar ->/.kde/share/config/tdeprintrc</filename ->.</para> - -<warning> -<para ->This file is not intended to be directly editable, and all available options can be set from the &tdeprint; &GUI;.</para> -</warning> - -<para ->You may even select a different printer subsystem, on the fly, from the &kprinter; dialogue box.</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="working-with-printing-manger"> -<title ->Working with the Printing Manager</title> - -<para ->Once you have chosen your preferred and installed print subsystem, you are ready to investigate, configure administer and work with this system through the &tdeprint; framework.</para> - -<para ->Navigate to <menuchoice -><guimenu ->K Menu</guimenu -> <guisubmenu ->Preferences</guisubmenu -> <guisubmenu ->System</guisubmenu -> <guimenuitem ->Printing Manager</guimenuitem -></menuchoice ->. In the right part of the window you will see at least 4 printers predefined. These are the virtual or special purpose printers, explained in section . You will probably see a toolbar with 13 icons at the top of the window, and at least 4 tabs in the lower half of the window, labelled <guilabel ->Information</guilabel ->, <guilabel ->Jobs</guilabel ->, <guilabel ->Properties</guilabel -> and <guilabel ->Instances</guilabel ->.</para> - -<!-- Not needed: the default view is as described, this can be mentioned --> -<!-- elsewhere <para ->If you start the <guilabel ->Printing --> -<!-- Manager</guilabel -> module for the first time, you may be missing --> -<!-- Icons or tabs. <mousebutton ->Right</mousebutton ->-clicking the mouse --> -<!-- on the white background of the right part of the window opens a --> -<!-- Menu to select your viewing preferences. To get the same view as in --> -<!-- most screenshots, select: <guimenuitem ->View Toolbar</guimenuitem -> --> -<!-- and <guimenuitem ->View Printer Information</guimenuitem -> and --> -<!-- <guimenuitem ->View Icons</guimenuitem -> and <guimenuitem ->Orientation --> -<!-- Vertical</guimenuitem ->. Moving the mouse over one Button and --> -<!-- waiting a second gives you a tooltip hint about its functions. --> - -<!-- - -3.3 Selection: &CUPS; or other? - -If your selection of the print system is &CUPS;, you will have more -choices at your fingertips than with any other printing -system. &CUPS; is new to most Linux users (even the senior -hackers amongst us), and it is quite easy to use. But it -is at the same time very different from other printing systems. -Therfor the &CUPS; part in the &tdeprint; Handbook is naturally -the most detailed. - -Future editions of the &tdeprint; handbook will describe in -more detail the other systems. ---> - -</sect1> - -</chapter> |