Lexmark 12N0008 Setup Guide - Page 80

UNIX/Linux, NetWare, NDPS Novell Distributed Print Services

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You can find a Lexmark PPD Installer in the downloadable Web package available on the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com. Depending upon which version of the drivers CD shipped with your printer, you may also find this software on the drivers CD. Launch the Lexmark PPD Installer and follow the instructions to install the PPDs. Send a test print job when you have finished. UNIX/Linux Your printer supports many UNIX and Linux platforms, such as Sun Solaris and Red Hat. Note: The Sun Solaris package is located both on the drivers CD and on the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com. Lexmark provides a printer driver package for each supported UNIX and Linux platform. The package contains all the necessary drivers and PPDs. The User's Guide in each package gives detailed instructions for installing and using Lexmark printers in UNIX and Linux environments. You can download these printer driver packages from Lexmark's Web site at www.lexmark.com. Depending on which version of the drivers CD shipped with your printer, you may also find the driver package you need on the CD. NetWare Your printer works with both Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) and regular queue-based NetWare environments. NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) If you have an NDPS environment, we recommend you install the Lexmark NDPS IP Gateway. The gateway tightly integrates your printers with NDPS so you can easily monitor, control, and print to them. You can get the gateway, the snap-ins, the support files, and a white paper with installation instructions from Lexmark's Web site at www.lexmark.com/networking/ndps.html. You can find other information about installing network printers in NetWare environments on the drivers CD that shipped with your printer. Click View Documentation and look for information about network printer installation. 74 Install printer drivers

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Install printer drivers
You can find a Lexmark PPD Installer in the downloadable Web
package available on the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com.
Depending upon which version of the drivers CD shipped with your
printer, you may also find this software on the drivers CD. Launch the
Lexmark PPD Installer and follow the instructions to install the PPDs.
Send a test print job when you have finished.
UNIX/Linux
Your printer supports many UNIX and Linux platforms, such as Sun
Solaris and Red Hat.
Note:
The Sun Solaris package
is located both on the drivers CD
and on the Lexmark Web site at
www.lexmark.com.
Lexmark provides a printer driver package for each supported UNIX
and Linux platform. The package contains all the necessary drivers
and PPDs. The
User’s Guide
in each package gives detailed
instructions for installing and using Lexmark printers in UNIX and
Linux environments.
You can download these printer driver packages from Lexmark’s Web
site at www.lexmark.com. Depending on which version of the
drivers CD shipped with your printer, you may also find the driver
package you need on the CD.
NetWare
Your printer works with both Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS)
and regular queue-based NetWare environments.
NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services)
If you have an NDPS environment, we recommend you install the
Lexmark NDPS IP Gateway. The gateway tightly integrates your
printers with NDPS so you can easily monitor, control, and print to
them.
You can get the gateway, the snap-ins, the support files, and a white
paper with installation instructions from Lexmark’s Web site at
www.lexmark.com/networking/ndps.html.
You can find other information about installing network printers in
NetWare environments on the drivers CD that shipped with your
printer. Click
View Documentation
and look for information about
network printer installation.