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This chapter contains information on printers and scanners.

For more information on the <application>HP Device Manager</application>, you can install the <application>hplip-docs</application> package. Please refer to the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation for more information on installing extra applications. Once the <application>hplip-docs</application> are installed, they can be accessed by going to either <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Contents...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or directing your browser to <ulink url="file:///usr/share/doc/hplip-doc/HTML/index.html"/>.

Obtain the model name of your printer and ensure the printer is powered on.

Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>KMenu</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select <guilabel>Printers</guilabel>. This will open the <application>KDEPrint</application> system dialog.

Your printer should be automatically detected. If so, simply click <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton> and then <guibutton>Finish</guibutton>.

You can also configure your Kubuntu system to send print jobs to a remote print server. Remote printers are hosted or attached somewhere else on your network. To configure a remote printer:

At the <guilabel>Introduction</guilabel> dialog, press the <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton> button.

At the <guilabel>Backend Selection</guilabel> dialog, select the type of remote connection you wish to use and press the <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton> button.

At the <guilabel>User Identification</guilabel> dialog, select the type of authentication that is used by either the remote printer or the system that is sharing the remote printer. <emphasis role="bold">TIP:</emphasis> if you are unsure, try with <guilabel>Anonymous (no login/password)</guilabel> and press the <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton>. If this fails, try with <guilabel>Guest account (login="guest")</guilabel> and so on.

At the <guilabel>Printer Settings</guilabel> dialog, press the <guibutton>Scan</guibutton> button. If you receive any authentication errors, press the <guibutton>&lt; Back</guibutton> button and try the previous step with a different authentication setting. If all goes well, select the remote printer and press <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton>.

After KDE builds the driver database, the <guilabel>Printer Model Selection</guilabel> dialog will appear with a list of <guilabel>Manufacturer</guilabel> and <guilabel>Model</guilabel> information. Locate your printer and highlight the corresponding drivers and press <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton>. If no information pertaining to your printer is found, please search the databases at <ulink url="http://www.linuxprinting.org">LinuxPrinting.org</ulink> or check the <ulink url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters">Kubuntu Wiki's Printer Page</ulink> for possible information on your printer.

For this step, there are two possible choices concerning the dialog you will see. If the drivers were automatically setup, then you will see the <guilabel>Printer Test</guilabel> dialog. If the drivers weren't automatically setup, then you will be shown the <guilabel>Driver Selection</guilabel> dialog.

At the <guilabel>Printer Test</guilabel> dialog, you can either test print to verify operation of your printer or move on. Which ever decision you make, when complete press the <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton> button.

At the <guilabel>Driver Selection</guilabel> dialog, you will be prompted to select an appropriate driver. If there is a driver with <emphasis>[recommended]</emphasis>, select this printer and press <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton>. If there isn't a recommended driver, try each driver until you find one that is suitable for your printer.

At the <guilabel>General Information</guilabel> dialog, you must insert at least a <guilabel>Name</guilabel> for the printer. Once complete press <guibutton>Next &gt;</guibutton>.

<guilabel>Confirmation</guilabel> is the final dialog you will be presented. Verify the information is correct and then press <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> to complete the installation.

Select <guilabel>Printers</guilabel> from <menuchoice><guimenu>KMenu</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> click the printer you wish to test and select <guimenuitem>Test Printer...</guimenuitem>

At the <guilabel>Warning</guilabel> dialog press the <guibutton>Print Test Page</guibutton> button.

Sharing a Printer

Highlight or select the printer that you want to share.

Once highlighted go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Print Server</guimenu><guimenuitem>Share Printers on Local Network</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

At the <guilabel>Share Printers on Local Network</guilabel> dialog, press the <guibutton>Enable Sharing</guibutton> button.

Kubuntu offers support for a variety of scanners. Want to know if your scanner is supported? If so then review the <ulink url="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners">Scanner Hardware Support</ulink> wiki page as well as the <ulink url="http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html">SANE Projects list of supported scanners</ulink>.

Scanner Installation and Configuration

Please refer to the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation for Kubuntu.

Further scanner installation and configuration information

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Scanner manual installation

Install the <application>libsane-extras</application> package.

<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>, at the dialog type <userinput>kdesu kwrite /etc/sane.d/dll.conf</userinput> and press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.

Save and close the file.

You are now ready to use <application>Kooka</application> to start scanning.