Before you can install a printer, you need to know the root password and have your printer information ready. Depending on how you connect to the printer, you might also need the printer URI, TCP/IP address or host, and the driver for the printer. A number of common printer drivers ship with openSUSE. If you cannot find a driver for the printer, check the printer manufacturer's Web site.
You can also use YaST to configure your printers, as described in Abschnitt „Einrichten eines Druckers“ (Kapitel 2, Einrichten von Hardware-Komponenten mit YaST, ↑Start).
Connect the printer cable to your computer and connect the printer's power supply.
The printer dialog should open. If it doesn’t, click
+ + + to open it.Enter the root password.
Click
.If the printer was autodetected, select the printer from the list. If the printer was not autodetected, click
and then select the correct printer port.Click
.Select the printer driver for this printer, then click
.You can also install a printer driver from a disk, or visit the printer manufacturer's Web site to download the latest driver.
Specify desired options (such as a description or location) for the printer in the Properties dialog box, then click
.The installed printer appears in the Printers dialog box. You can now print to the printer from any application.
Click
+ + .Right-click the printer you want to modify, then click
.Modify the properties, then click
.Click
+ + .Double-click the printer you sent the job to.
Right-click the print job, then click
.If the print job does not appear in the list, then the print job might have been printed already.