1.3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
This section describes how to install Print Filter in Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.
1. Install Linux.
For details, see the manual that comes with the package.
2. Start Linux.
After installing Linux, start Linux and log in as root.
3. Copy the rpm files.
The rpm files shown below are necessary. First download the rpm files required for the printer to be used, from the Canon website to any directory. (In the rpm file name shown below, the "2.50-x" portion is the version number. "x" represents a number from 1 to 9.)
bjfilter-common-2.50-x.i386.rpm -------- Common package
bjfilter-pixmaip1500-2.50-x.i386.rpm -------- Model-specific package
The above packages cannot be used together with a CUPS support module for Print Filter Ver. 2.40 or earlier.
If a CUPS support module is already installed, uninstall the module, and then install the two rpm packages indicated above.
4. Install Filter
Start the terminal software, and use the rmp command to install Print Filter.
[root@zzz /yyy]# rpm -ivh bjfilter-common-2.50-x.i386.rpm
[root@zzz /yyy]# rpm -ivh bjfilter-pixmaip1500-2.50-x.i386.rpm
* When you execute the rpm from a directory, specify the path or use the cd command to change the current directory to the directory containing the Print Filter rpm files.
* For details about the rpm command, enter man rpm with the terminal software.
5. Restart the CUPS daemon.
Enter the following from the command line of the terminal software:
[root@zzz /yyy]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart
Do not register the printer with the lpadmin command before your restart the CUPS daemon.
6. Register the printer to the spooler.
To register the printer to the spooler, enter the lpadmin command from the command line of the terminal software.
lpadmin -p [printer_name] -m [PPD_filename] -v [device_URI] -E
Example: [root@zzz /yyy]# lpadmin -p PIXMAIP1500 -m canonpixmaip1500.ppd -v canon_usb:/dev/usb/lp0 -E
7. Set the default printer.
Set the default printer to be used when the printer name is omitted in the print command from the command line of the terminal software.
lpadmin -d [printer_name]
Example: [root@zzz /yyy]# lpadmin -d PIXMAIP1500
8. Restart the computer.