Printing Startup Guide (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3)
1. Installing Linux and Print Filter
This section describes how to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 and Print Filter.
1.1 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3. For details, see the manual that comes with the package.
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This manual uses Mozilla in the operation examples. Mozilla is installed in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 as the standard browser.
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1.2 Installing Print Filter
Print Filter is a software that is required to use Canon BJ printers from Linux. For installation details, see "1.3.2 RedHat Enterprize Linux WS 3" in "1.3 Installation" of the "User's Guide for Print Filter Version 2.50."
This section describes an example in which the rpm files are copied to a directory named "work."
- Start Linux, and log in as root.
- Copy the rpm files.
Create the "work" directory, and copy the downloaded Print Filter to that directory.

- Install Print Filter.
First, install “bjfilter-common-2.50-2.i386.rpm.” Next, install “bjfilter-pixmaip1000-2.50-2.i386.rpm.”
The following is an example of the installation window of "bjfilter-pixmaip1000-2.50-2.i386.rpm."
- Double-click "bjfilter-pixmaip1000-2.50-2.i386.rpm."
Click "Continue" to start the installation.
- The installation is executed. When the installation is completed, the window closes.
- To print, you must next register the printer.
- Click [System Tools] from the main menu, and then click [Terminal] to start GNOME Terminal.
- Use the cd command to change the current directory to the “work” directory containing the copied rpm files.

- Restart the CUPS daemon.
Enter "/etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart" in GNOME Terminal.
- Register the printer to the spooler.
For example, to register the printer called "PIXMAIP1000," enter the following command from the command line of the terminal software, such as GNOME Terminal.
Example: [root@zzz /yyyy]# lpadmin -p PIXMAIP1000 -m canonpixmaip1000.ppd -v canon_usb:/dev/usb/lp0 -E
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The printer name that was registered to the spooler is used in the print command. You should use a name that is easy to remember (for example, "PIXMAIP1000").
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- Set the default printer.
Set the default printer to be used when the printer name is omitted in the print command.
If you want to use "PIXMAIP1000" as the default printer, enter "lpadmin -d PIXMAIP1000" in GNOME Terminal.
- Click [Log Out] from the main menu to restart the computer.