If using spadmin seems like too much trouble, you can always print to a file, and use the regular lpr command to print the PostScript file.Starting the GUI from the Command Line Linux has a rich history of being a text-based operating system. If you use Open Office on both Athena Suns and Athena Linux systems, you will need to run spadmin on both platforms because the configuration files are kept in separate for the separate platform types. Result: Your printer will be visible as soon as you restart Open Office.

Enter Finish, then Close on the following screen.

On following screen, set 'name' as the actual name of your printer.

Where printername should be replaced by the actual name of your printer. On following screen, set 'print command-line' as follows: lpr -P_printername_.To the printer you have (an exact match is usually not critical). On next screen, pick the closest printer driver you can find from the list.Select 'New Printer', and 'Add a printer' on the next screen.Run the spadmin utility: Prompt> spadmin.Substituting the version number for ' VERS' in the command: In a terminal window, enable the spadmin by adding the appropriate locker.Look for the line of text below the pretty OpenOffice logo that gives a full version number, for example 2.2.1 or 2.2.Find out the version of OpenOffice you are running by issuing the menu command: Help -> About.Getting hold of this utility is a little tricky if you are not familiar with how Athena has organized the various lockers to support the various versions of Open Office. In the unlikely event that you need to configure in a printer of your own, you will need to use the spadmin utility. For other distributions, see the instructions for: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.Īthena Linux pre-configures Open Office for all the general use printers found on campus.

Q: How do I configure Open Office to recognize a new printer on Athena? Answerĭifferent distributions of Linux integrate printers and Open Office differently.

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