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      id="network-printer-config">

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   <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-19" status="draft"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Jana Svarova</name>
      <email>jana.svarova@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>

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    <desc>How do I preconfigure my Samba printer</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Configure a printer</title>

  <comment>
    <cite date="2013-03-19" href="mailto:jsvarova@gmail.com">Jana Svarova</cite>
    <p>Adapted from GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 694569</p>
  </comment>

  <p>This topic explains how to make printers, Windows printers in particular,
  available in GNOME.</p>	

  <p>There is no preconfiguration needed for being able to install Samba 
  printers using gnome-control-center. To add a new Samba printer to your CUPS 
  (Common UNIX Printing System) server, simply follow the steps below.</p>

  <steps>
    <title>Configure your printer</title>
    <item>
      <p>Click <em>your name</em> at the top-right corner and from the 
      drop-down menu, choose <gui>Settings</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on the <gui>Printers</gui> icon.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Unlock the <gui>Printers</gui> panel by clicking on the 
      <gui>Unlock</gui> button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click the <gui>+</gui> button below the list of printers.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>If your printers are public, wait for the printers which are 
      available on your Windows network to appear. Otherwise, type the address
      of the Samba server and press <key>Enter</key>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>When asked, authenticate yourself to Samba servers which need 
      authentication to show their printers.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select the printer to be installed.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Press the <gui>Add</gui> button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>From the drivers available on your computer, select a suitable driver
      for your printer.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Press <key>Select</key>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

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