Tools such as xpp and the KDE program KPrinter provide a graphical interface
for choosing queues and setting both CUPS standard options and
printer-specific options made available through the PPD file. You can even
use KPrinter as the standard printing interface of non-KDE applications. In
the print dialog of these applications, specify either
kprinter or
kprinter --stdin as the print
command. The command to use depends on how the application transmits the
data—just try which one results in starting KPrinter. If set up
correctly, the application should open the KPrinter dialog whenever a print
job is issued from it, so you can use the dialog to select a queue and set
other printing options. This requires that the application's own print setup
does not conflict with that of KPrinter and that printing options are only
changed through KPrinter after it has been enabled. More information on
KPrinter is available in Section 1.8, Printing,
(↑ KDE User Guide ).