When you add a printer, it is automatically assigned the default
printer icon. If you have another icon you want to make available
for it, place the icon files in /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/language,
or in some other directory along the icon search path. Users can
then select this icon to replace the default icon for the printer.
You must create a complete set (large,
medium, and tiny) of the icons or they will not show up in the icon
selector in Print Manager.
For more information about the icon search path, see “Icon
Search Path”.
Icon File Names and Sizes |
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Icon file-naming requirements are:
where:
For example, icon file names for medium and tiny pixmap icons
for a color printer might be ColorPrinter.m.pm
and ColorPrinter.t.pm.
Refer to Chapter 12 “Creating
Icons for the Desktop”
for more information on creating icons.
To Globally
Change the Icon, Printer Label, or Description of a Printer |
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You should change global printer properties as soon as you
add the printer, before users have modified it using Print Manager.
Once a user has modified the printer properties using Print Manager,
they will not see the changes you make.
Edit the file /etc/dt/appconfig/types/language/printer_queue_name.dt
with the desired information for the icon, printer label, or description:
In the ICON field, update
basename to
the new icon base name.
In
the LABEL field, update labelname
to the new label for the printer.
Update the text in the DESCRIPTION
field.
This is a good place to put the location of the printer, type
of printer, and printer contact. To add more than one line, put
a \ at the end of
the line. For example:
DESCRIPTION This is a PostScript Printer in Building 1\
Room 123. Call 555-5555 for problems. |
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