To delete an existing printer, select the printer and click the
Delete button on the toolbar. The printer will be
removed from the printer list. Click Apply
to save the changes and restart the printer daemon.
To set the default printer, select the printer from the printer list and
click the Default button on the toolbar. The
default printer icon 
appears in the first column of the printer list beside the default
printer.
If you want to modify an imported printer's settings, you cannot modify
its settings directly. You must override the printer. You can only
override an imported printer that has been imported using the alchemist
libraries. Imported printers have the 
symbol beside them in the first column of the printer list.
To override the printer, select the printer, and choose
=>
from the pulldown menu. After overriding a printer, the original
imported printer will have the 
symbol beside it in the first column of the printer list.
After adding your printer(s), you can edit settings by selecting the
printer from the printer list and clicking the
Edit button. The tabbed window shown in Figure 7-6 will appear. The window contains the current
values for the printer that you selected to edit. Make any changes, and
click OK. Click Apply in
the main printconf window to save the changes
and restart the printer daemon.
If you want to rename a printer, change the value of Queue
Name in the Names and Aliases
tab. Click OK to return to the main
window. The name of the printer should change in the printer
list. Click Apply to save the change and
restart the printer daemon.
A printer alias is an alternate name for a printer. To add an alias
for an existing printer, click the Add button
in the Name and Aliases tab, enter the name of
the alias, and click OK. Click
OK again to return to the main window. Click
Apply to save the aliases and restart the
printer daemon. A printer can have more than one alias.
The Queue Type tab shows the queue type that
you selected when adding the printer and its settings. You can change
the queue type of the printer or just change the settings. After
making modifications, click OK to return to the
main window. Click Apply to save the change and
restart the printer daemon.
The Driver tab shows which printer driver is
currently being used. This is the same list that you used when adding
the printer. If you change the printer driver, click
OK to return to the main window. Click
Apply to save the change and restart the
printer daemon.
The Driver Options tab displays advanced printer
options according to the printer driver you selected. Common options
include Page Size, Send EOT,
Rerender Postscript, and Convert Text
to Postscript. If you modify the driver options, click
OK to return to the main window. Click
Apply to save the change and restart the
printer daemon.
