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During SUSE Linux installation, the installer — YaST (Yet Another Setup Tool) — can detect any printer connected to your PC and provide the opportunity to configure the printer. If you didn't configure your printer during installation, you can do so by using YaST and following these steps:
1. Make sure that your printer is connected to the PC and powered on.
This step is necessary so that YaST can automatically detect the printer.
2. Choose Main Menu --> System --> Control Center (YaST) and enter the root password when prompted to do so; then, click Hardware on the left side of the YaST Control Center window.
The YaST Control Center displays information about various hardware devices. You can configure various hardware devices, including printers, from YaST.
3. Click Printer on the right-hand side of the window.
YaST opens the Printer Configuration window and displays information about any printers that it detects.
If YaST has correctly detected your printer, click Next, and you're all done.
4. If your printer is not detected, click Add.
YaST displays a list of printer connection types from which you can select how your printer is connected to your PC (through para llel, serial, USB, or network).
5. Select your printer type and click Next.
YaST prompts for more information, depending on the printer type you selected. For example, for a parallel printer, you have to identify the parallel port to which the printer is attached.
6. Provide information about the printer connection and click Next.
YaST prompts for the printer queue's name and other related information.
7. Enter the name of the print queue as well as some descriptive information about the printer and click Next.
YaST displays a list of printer makes and models.
8. Select your printer's make and model, and then click Next.
YaST displays the current configuration information so that you can test the configuration or edit it.
9. Review the configuration information and click OK.
10. Click OK to save the settings and finish adding the printer.
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