Additional Resources
Printing configuration and network printing is a broad topic
requiring knowledge and experience with both hardware, networking, and
system administration. For more detailed information about deploying
printer services in your environments, refer to following resources.
Installed Documentation
lpadmin man page — Configure Red Hat Linux
print services with this utility.
smb.conf man page — Configure
printer sharing using SMB/CIFS with this configuration
file.
/usr/share/doc/cups-<version>
— The document collection for the Common UNIX Printing
System (CUPS), an Internet Printing Protocol-compliant system
for UNIX and Linux.
Useful Websites
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/printer.html
— General definition of printers and descriptions of
printer types.
http://www.linuxprinting.org
— A database of documents about printing, along with a
database of nearly 1000 printers compatible with Linux printing
facilities.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/index.html
— The Linux Printing-HOWTO from the
Linux Documentation Project.
Related Books
Network Printing by Matthew Gast and
Todd Radermacher; O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. — Comprehensive information on using Linux as a print server in
heterogeneous environments.
The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide and
Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide by Red Hat both cover networking and
printing topics and are good sources of information if you run
into any issues.
