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== Manually Installing a New Locally Connected Printer and Printer Driver ==
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When RHEL 6 detects a printer it will automatically select a driver if the printer is recognized and a driver is available. To manually add a printer, begin by clicking on the ''New'' button in the Printer configuration toolbar. A ''Please Wait. Searching for Printers dialog'' will appear as the system is scanned for a locally attached printer followed by a dialog requesting the root password. Once the search is complete, the ''New Printer'' dialog will appear including an entry for each detected printer. In the following figure, RHEL 6 has detected an HP DeskJet printer connected to a USB port together with a range of other ports to which a printer could, potentially, be connected:
Select the desired locally connected printer from the list in the left hand panel and click the ''Forward'' button. The printer manager will search for and install the correct driver for the selected printer and then prompt for the option to print a test page. If the test page option is not provided, in the Printer configuration dialog select your printer, right click with the mouse to pop up the menu and select ''Properties''. Click on ''Print Test Page'' to send a test page to the printer.
== Adding a Network Printer ==
