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+<chapter id="getting-started">
+<title>Getting Started</title>
+
+<para>This chapter of the &kdeprint; Handbook will walk you through most
+of the configuration or selection options of &kdeprint;.  It will mainly
+deal with &CUPS; in this version, as the author is most familiar with
+it, and also because &kdeprint; started off with supporting &CUPS;
+best.  Later versions of the &kdeprint; 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 &kdeprint; 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 dialog.</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.  <!-- The -->
+<!-- authors personal recommendation is &CUPS; -->
+</para>
+
+<para>On it's first startup, &kdeprint; 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>kdeprintrc</filename>.  This file is unique to
+every user, and is normally installed in
+<filename>$<envar>HOME</envar>/.kde/share/config/kdeprintrc</filename>.</para>
+
+<warning>
+<para>This file is not intended to be directly editable, and all
+available options can be set from the &kdeprint; &GUI;.</para>
+</warning>
+
+<para>You may even select a different printer subsystem, on the fly, from
+the &kprinter; dialog 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 &kdeprint; 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 <!-- <xref 
+linkend="FIXME"/> -->.  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,
+labeled <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 &kdeprint; Handbook is naturally
+the most detailed.
+
+Future editions of the &kdeprint; handbook will describe in
+more detail the other systems.
+-->       
+
+</sect1>
+
+</chapter>