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<bookinfo>
<title>The &klpq; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Christoph</firstname>
<surname>Neerfeld</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>chris@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

<author>
<firstname>Hans Petter</firstname>
<surname>Bieker</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>bieker@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<date>2000-12-14</date>
<releaseinfo>1.00.01</releaseinfo>

<copyright>
<year>2000</year>
<holder>Christoph Neerfeld</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<abstract><para>&klpq; is a frontend to the print spooler. Its primary
purpose is displaying the print queue and removing jobs from the
queue.</para></abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KLpq</keyword>
<keyword>printing</keyword>
<keyword>queueing</keyword>
<keyword>lpq</keyword>
</keywordset>
</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>&klpq; is a frontend to the print spooler. Its primary purpose is
displaying the print queue and removing jobs from the queue. But you can
even disable/enable printing or move jobs to the top of the queue, if
you have the necessary access permissions.</para>

<para>&klpq; does not modify the printqueue by itself, but uses the
underlying commands: <command>lpq</command>, <command>lprm</command> and
<command>lpc</command>. For this reason &klpq; should be safe as long as
<command>lpq</command>, <command>lprm</command> and
<command>lpc</command> are safe.</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>supports <acronym>BSD</acronym>, <acronym>PPR</acronym>
and LPRng spooling systems</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>network transparency</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>supports drag &amp; drop</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</chapter>

<chapter id="usage">
<title>Usage</title>

<sect1 id="startup">
<title>Starting &klpq;</title>

      <cmdsynopsis>
        <command>klpq</command>
        <group>
          <option>-n</option>
        </group>
        <group>
          <arg choice="opt"><option>-P</option> <replaceable>printer</replaceable></arg>
         </group>
        <group>
          <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file1 file2 URL1 URL2</replaceable></arg>
        </group>
     </cmdsynopsis>

<para>On first startup &klpq; asks you which print spooler you
use. &klpq; supports <acronym>BSD</acronym>, <acronym>PPR</acronym> and
LPRng. If you don't know which spooler is installed on your system you
will most probably have <acronym>BSD</acronym>. If &klpq; does not
display your printqueue, try one of the other settings (You may change
the spooling system from <menuchoice> <guimenu>config</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>spooler</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>).</para>

<para>Without any arguments &klpq; searches for the environment variable
<envar>PRINTER</envar> and tries to display the contents of the
corresponding queue. If <envar>PRINTER</envar> i s not set, it displays
the contents of the queue named <filename>lp</filename>. If no queue
with this name exists it displays the first printer queue in your
printcap file.</para>

<para>With the file argument you may use &klpq; as a replacement for
<command>lpr</command>. You don't have to type
<userinput><command>lpr</command> <parameter>file_to_print</parameter>;
<command>klpq</command></userinput> but may type directly
<userinput><command>klpq</command>
<parameter>file_to_print</parameter></userinput>. &klpq; executes
<command>lpr</command> for you. The <option>-P</option> option specifies
the spool area to use. Currently no other options to
<command>lpr</command> are supported.</para>

<para>The <option>-n</option> option tells &klpq; not to display the
queue if a filename was given on the command line. For example,
<userinput><command>klpq</command> <option>-n</option>
<parameter>file_to_print</parameter></userinput> lets &klpq; send the
file to the printer and exit
immediatly. <userinput><command>klpq</command>
<option>-n</option></userinput> without file argument will start &klpq;
as normal.</para>
      
<para>&klpq; now supports &URL;'s as arguments on the command
line. &klpq; will use &konqueror; to copy the file to a temporary file
on the local system and sends it to the printer.</para>

<note><para>Please note that &klpq; must be running during the
download. If you quit &klpq; earlier the files will not be
printed.</para></note>

<para>You may drag any &URL; out of &konqueror; and drop it on the
&klpq; window.  &klpq; will copy the &URL; to a temporary file and send
it to the printer.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="mainwindow">
<title>The Main Window</title>

<para>&klpq; is quite easy to use, so I just want to say some words
about things that are not obvious:</para>

<para>If the <guibutton>Auto</guibutton> button is pressed down, &klpq;
rereads the current printqueue every <quote>n</quote> seconds, so you
don't have to hit the <guibutton>Update</guibutton>. You may change the
<quote>n</quote> of seconds by selecting <menuchoice>
<guimenu>config</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Auto update</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> from the menu. If you set <quote>n</quote> to 0, then the
<guilabel>Auto</guilabel> button will be completely disabled.</para>

<para>If you get the message <errorname>This is a privileged
command</errorname>, than you have to be root or any other privileged
user to execute this command and if you try to remove a printjob of
another user, this is silently ignored.</para>

<para>There are several key accelerators defined:</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Accelerator Key:</entry>
<entry>Action</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><keycap>U</keycap></entry>
<entry>like pressing the <guibutton>Update</guibutton>
	      button</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycap>R</keycap></entry>
<entry>like pressing the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>
	      button</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycap>T</keycap></entry>
<entry>Like pressing the <guibutton>Make Top</guibutton>
	      button</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycap>A</keycap></entry>
<entry>Like pressing the <guibutton>Auto</guibutton>
	      button</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycap>Left Arrow</keycap></entry>
<entry>Displays the previous queue</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><keycap>Right Arrow</keycap></entry>
<entry>Displays the next queue</entry>
</row>					      
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="spooler-dialog">
<title>The spooler dialog</title>

<para>In the spooler dialog you can choose your spooling system from
<acronym>BSD</acronym>, <acronym>PPR</acronym> or LPRng.  Afterwards you
have to set the paths for the spooling commands. You can get help from
the man-pages of your spooling system.</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<chapter id="author">
<title>Author</title>

<para>My name is Christoph Neerfeld. I am a student of applied computer
sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Sankt Augustin,
Germany. Feel free to contact me and send me your reports, wishes or a
postcard from your home town. I like to get postcards.</para>

<para>My thanks go to</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Victor Kolossov <email>kolosov@iris1.itep.ru</email> for
basic support for <application>LPRng</application></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Remco Treffkorn <email>remco@rvt.com</email> for basic
support for <application>ppr</application></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>and many other people for bug reports and suggestions.</para>

<para>&klpq; is Copyright 1997/98 Christoph Neerfeld
<email>chris@kde.org</email></para>

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<appendix id="installation">
<title>Installation</title>

<sect1 id="how-to-obtain-klpq">
<title>How to obtain &klpq;</title>

&install.intro.documentation;

</sect1>

<sect1 id="requirements">
<title>Requirements</title>

<para>In order to successfully compile &klpq;, you need the latest
versions of libkdecore and libkfm. All required libraries as well as
&klpq; itself can be found on <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/">ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/</ulink>.</para>

<para>In addition to the &kde; libraries you will need a properly
configured printcap file in <filename>/etc/printcap</filename>.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="compilation-and-installation">
<title>Compilation and Installation</title>

&install.compile.documentation;

</sect1>
</appendix>

</book>

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