# Printer Applet Manual

Copyright © 2000 by Michael Hall

# Printer Applet

`Printer` applet, shown in Figure 1, allows you to print files by dragging them onto the applet from the desktop or file manager. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Utility->Printer Applet.

Figure 1. Printer Applet

## Usage

To print a file from your desktop or file manager, drag the file onto the `printer` applet.

## Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items

Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:

- Properties... — This menu item opens the Properties dialog (see the section called Properties) which allows you to customize the appearance and behavior of this applet.

- Help — displays this document.

- About… — shows basic information about the `Printer Applet`, including the applet's version and the author's name.

## Properties

You can configure `printer` applet by right-clicking on the applet and choosing the Properties... menu item. This will open the Properties dialog, shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Properties Dialog

To change the label displayed at the bottom of the `printer` applet, ("Print" in Figure 1 in the section called Printer Applet) type a new name in the `Printer name` field. This setting is useful if you have more than one printer available for use and wish to add a `printer` applet to the Panel for each printer. The `Printer name` does not determine which printer your file will be printed to, it exists as an easy means to to distinguish between printers should you have more than one `printer` applet installed on your Panel.

To change the command the `printer` applet uses to print your files, you may enter a new command in the `Print command` field. By default, the `printer` applet uses the command lpr, which is common to many systems. Your system may use a different command. If you're unsure, check your system's documentation.

| Note for advanced users
| If you have more than one printer, you may designate which printer to send files to by changing the `Print command` setting. For instance, if your system uses the command lpr to print files and you need to print your file on the printer named "ljet5", you would change the `Print command` setting to lpr -Pljet5.

After you have made all the changes you want, click on OK to apply the changes and close the Properties dialog. To cancel the changes and return to previous values, click the Close button.

## Known Bugs and Limitations

There are no known bugs in the `printer` applet.

## Authors

`Printer Applet` was written by Miguel de Icaza (`<miguel@kernel.org>`) and Federico Mena (`<quartic@gimp.org>`). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. You also can use `Bug Report Tool` (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.

This manual was written by Michael Hall (`<mphall@cstone.net>`). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to `<docs@gnome.org>`. You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.

## License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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