---
name: "printer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "offix"
version: "2.3a-1"
release: "Debian 1.2 (Rex)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/printer"
---

# printer(1)

X print manager with drag and drop capabilities

## NAME

printer - X print manager with drag and drop capabilities

## SYNOPSIS

**printer**

## DESCRIPTION

*Printer* is a print manager program for the X window system. It is intended to give non-expert users an intuitive feeling of the printing system. *Printer* was built around the BSD printing system and uses *DnD* (the Drag and Drop protocol by Cesar Crusius) to interact with an expanding set of tools. When used together with *magicfilter* it gives the users the possibility to print their files without caring about that whole pipeline of filters. *Printer* can activate a job when a file or raw data is dropped on it and provides easy access to multiple printers in a network or at home. The printer status is updated at regular intervals giving instant feedback to the user. Also, using *printer* a job can be remove from the printer queue with two mouse clicks.

## COPYRIGHT

This product includes software developed by the University of California,  Berkeley and its contributors.\
 Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California\
 Copyright (c) 1996 Andre Hentz

## AUTHORS

This program was developed to be an intuitive interface to the BSD priting system. Altough based on BSD code, it was highly modified. The aim of *printer*  is to be able to work together with *DnD* (the Drag and Drop protocol by Cesar Crusius) in the context of *OffiX*. *OffiX* is an expandable environment built around *DnD* and aimed to give novice and expert users a comfortable and common desktop.