Setting up a non-postscript printer on a Debian desktop PC

Chris Lale

          chrislale@users.sourceforge.org
        

Revision History
Revision 1.212th February 2002Revised by: CTL
Removed use of dselect and added use of apt-get instead. Tidied up formatted layout of the XML document.
Revision 1.126th February 2002Revised by: CTL
Added abstract, completed "Configuring Apsfilter" and "Checklist".
Revision 1.024th February 2002Revised by: CTL
Initial release

Table of Contents
1. About this document
1.1. Copyright information
1.2. Bugs, errors and mistakes
1.3. Spelling, punctuation and grammar
2. Introduction
2.1. Don't panic!
2.2. System requirements
2.3. What's the problem?
2.4. Overview of the process
3. Preparation
3.1. Information about your printer
3.2. Choosing a printer driver
4. Installing Apsfilter
4.1. Logging in as an ordinary user
4.2. Becoming a super-user
4.3. Running apt-get install
4.4. Tidying up
5. Configuring Apsfilter
5.1. Don't panic!
5.2. Running apsfilterconfig
5.3. Check that your driver is available
5.4. Printer driver selection
5.5. Interface setup
5.6. Printing the test page
5.7. Saving your Apsfilter configuration
5.8. Finishing off
6. Checklist