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    Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com
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    Contents Learning about the printer drivers 7 Using the printer drivers with UNIX and Linux...7 Installing the printer drivers 8 Before installing the printer drivers...8 Supported operating systems...8 System requirements...9 Installing on HP-UX...9 Installing on IBM AIX...10 Installing on Red
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    30 Removing a print queue...30 Plugin Manager utility (software updates)...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility ...31 Installing plugins from the printer driver...31 Removing plugins from the printer driver...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility from the command line 31 Frequently asked questions
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    38 The hostname does not resolve...38 The printer driver is unable to find the network printer 39 My printer model is not listed...39 Jobs are not printing...39 Additional problems...40 Editions and Trademarks 41 Edition notice...41 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS...41 Trademarks...41 Additional
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    can create queues with the most frequently used options as the default, such as duplex or no banner page, so users do not need to specify those options. • Printer options support-Users have the ability to access several printer-specific options such as multiple-page printing, print and hold
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    printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. During installation, you are asked if you want to change the administrative user group for printer drivers. The default Ubuntu Linux - Linpus Linux For specific supported operating system versions, see the Web site for
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    printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-hpux11.11.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Save the downloaded printer from the list. 7 In the Source Depot was not set for root when you started SAM, an error message
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    /setup.lexprint Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page 31
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    CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page 31. Installing on Sun Solaris SPARC 1 Read "Before installing the printer drivers" on page 8. 2 Set the NONABI_SCRIPTS environment
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    response, you must set the OPENWINHOME environment variable to the openwin directory. 4 Install the package file. a Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-solaris10-x86.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. b Save the downloaded package in the /tmp
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    . Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to software updates)" on page 31. Finding space to install the printer drivers package Some operating systems require you to install printer drivers in
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    AIX system, remove the menu links by running the manually. To see if any directories remain after removing all the packages, check the directory where you installed the printer drivers. By default, the printer drivers are installed in either of the following locations: • Solaris /opt/lexmark
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    Performing tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, or from the command line by typing: # lexprint The program has two modes: User and Administrative. If an administrator starts the program, it opens in administrative mode by default. However, if an
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    Integration option allows you to add Print Drivers to, or remove them from, the menu bar. 1 Click File ΠSetup. 2 Click Desktop Integration. 3 Select the menu integration option you want to use. 4 Click Next. Asian Drivers You can enable Asian driver support which allows you to print using the
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    from the administrative group Users who are part of the administrative group can open the printer driver with permissions and perform administrative tasks. Users who are not part of this group can only change their personal settings and maintain their printer groups. User settings are stored in the
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    by Subnet or Range. d Enter the appropriate IP Address or Subnet. e Click Search. Note: The Search function searches for printers on an IPv4 network. f Select the device from the list. g Click OK. h Make any necessary changes to the available options. i Click Next. j If you entered an external print
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    type, the printer language, and the default print queue settings options. a The device name associated with the print queue must exist before you create the queue. • You can list the defined virtual devices by running the following command: # /usr/lexprint/bin/lsdevice -l • If the device does
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    printer types support "raw" as the language type. This makes the print queue a pass-through queue. This means the print job is sent to the printer without any queue modification. • The Automatic language type lets you set -l automatic -o "paper_tray=tray2 duplex=long_edge" Changing the print queue
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    that specific printer type. However, your printer may not have all of the available options installed. If you select an option the printer does not support, the printer ignores the unsupported settings. For example, the Printer Type may support an optional duplex unit. However, if a duplex unit is
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    real name of a print queue could be "Bldg_4_Room1," but the alias describes it as "duplex." Users can then use "Bldg_4_Room1" or "duplex" as the print queue name when printing. Note: Printer aliases are supported only on Linux platforms with the LPRng print subsystem enabled. If you want to modify
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    queues to be removed, and then click . Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group You can add a print queue to My Printers or another printer group either by dragging a printer from the main window onto a printer group or by using the Group Manager tool. 1 Right-click a group name
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    queues to be removed, and then click . Removing a printer group To delete a specific group: 1 Right-click the group name. 2 Click Delete. To delete Change the appropriate settings. 3 Click OK. • You can print with overrides to the properties you type at the command line. 1 Access a list of the
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    1 Determine if the print queue supports the feature you want to use (in this case, duplex printing), and type the appropriate command. # /usr/lexprint/bin/lsqueue_opts -q lab_printer The screen then reads: duplex none (default) short_edge long_edge printer setting 2 Find the property name and value
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    printer to determine if this option is supported. If you have an optional duplex unit installed in your printer, you can specify duplex programs. Program settings usually override the settings on the printer does not have enough memory to collate a large document, it prints collated pages of part
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    . 5 Select Auto CR if you want carriage returns when a line feed is encountered. This is commonly used by UNIX users to fix problems with ASCII text printing. 6 Select the orientation for the print job. 7 Click OK. Note: These settings are only supported by the PCL emulation printer language. 27
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    Using the Print and Hold setting When sending a job to the printer, you can hold a job in the printer memory using the printer driver. When you are ready to print the job, access the printer control panel menus to select the held job you want to print. 1 Open the print queue properties. For more
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    user • host • queue • message • paper • locale All the arguments are strings and should be enclosed in double quotes (" ") if they contain spaces. The data output by your banner program should be readable by the selected printer . 2 Click Banner. 3 Clear the Default Banner check box. 4 Enter the name
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    view 1 Right-click the icon for the printer you want to delete. 2 Select Delete. From the detail view 1 Select any number of the print queues listed in the table that you want to delete. 2 Right-click, and then select Delete. From the printer driver 1 Click Remove Print Queue. 2 Select the print
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    plug-ins listed, you can download the latest device support from http://downloads.lexmark.com. Installing plugins from the printer driver 1 Click File ΠSoftware Update. 2 Select Install. 3 Select a plugin from the directory. A confirmation dialog appears. It contains more specific information about
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    Installing plug-ins # /usr/lexprint/bin/plugin_manager -i plugin_file Listing installed plug-ins # /usr/lexprint/bin/plugin_manager -l Removing plug-ins # /usr/lexprint/bin/plugin_manager -r plugin_name 32
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    person means the user has personalized settings. The detail view shows a check mark in the Printer Settings column. A user permissions. Only administrators have the ability to add or remove queues. Do I need the root password to add or remove a print queue? No, but you must open the printer driver
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    , the settings are different from mine. What is wrong? You have created user settings for that print queue, but if your colleague has not, the system settings are still in effect. Your colleague must open the printer driver and change his or her user settings. Can I make My Printers my default group
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    are the fields where you select how the printer driver communicates important information to the current user (whoever is sending the job when the error state is reached) and Administrator (the person listed in the Administrator User ID field). What are printer classes, and how do they work
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    the virtual device. - See "The printer driver is unable to find the network printer" on page 39. - Try using the Print utilities to print directly to the printer. Example: send_network -f /etc/hosts hostname Replace hostname with the appropriate hostname of the printer. If this prints, recreate the
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    virtual device and print queue. - Try printing directly to the device to see if the problem is with the communication of the server to the printer or the print queue. Example: cat /etc/hosts >> /dev/lp0 Replace /dev/lp0 with the appropriate device file name. If this prints correctly, re-create
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    correct the problem. - Re-enable the queue with the printer drivers. - printers that support Direct Image or ImageQuick data. If you use an Automatic Plus queue with a printer that does not support ImageQuick data, the job will not print correctly. • Automatic PDF queues support PCL emulation, PDF
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    and print server off and back on. Turn the printer back on first. • Make sure the SNMP community name you supplied to the printer driver is the same as the one set in the print server. • PING the print server. - If PING works, turn the printer off, and then PING again to check for duplicate IP
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    the symptoms covered in this troubleshooting section to help you diagnose the problem. • Before calling Customer Support, gather the following information: - What version of the printer driver is being used - What operating system and version is being used - What printers are involved - How the
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    programs described may be made at any time. For Lexmark technical support, visit support.lexmark.com. For information on supplies and downloads, visit www.lexmark.com. If you don't have access to the Internet, you can contact Lexmark by mail: Lexmark International, Inc. Bldg 004-2/CSC 740 New Circle
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    of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3 The end-user LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
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    code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of that you include in the end-user documentation provided with the redistribution and logos available at http://www.jdom.org/images/logos. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
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    part of the BSD printer subsystem, aliases let you create multiple names for the same print queue. A printer language option for printers that support both PostScript and PCL emulation printer languages. This option gives users that resembles /dev.bppxx, replacing xx with the appropriate device
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    printer driver that allows the user to specify the number of lines to be printed on a page. This number works with the lines per inch setting to increase or decrease the font size. A computer network located on a user's premises within a limited geographical area. A command line program that lists
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    , and deleting printers. A command line program that generates command-line arguments for other transport agents, such as send_network. A command line program that formats print jobs for printing according to queue settings. A set of rules governing the communication and the transfer of data between
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    display as well as distributing input from input devices to X clients. The X Window System is a window system capable of displaying programs over a network. X Window System servers run on computers connected to a monitor. The X server handles transferring input from keyboard and mouse devices to the
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    queues 19 creating virtual devices 18 printing from 24 CUPS 39 Customer Support, contacting 40 D default settings 34 Device Manager 17 duplex printing 26 H holding print jobs 28 hostname troubleshooting 38 I installing printer drivers before installing 8 finding space 13 on Debian Linux 11 on HP-UX
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    time 36 my printer driver is not listed 39 print queue does not receive print jobs 37 print queue is disabled or down 37 print queue is empty but document did not print 36 printer driver is unable to find network printer 39 U UNIX using 7 UNIX system requirements 35 user mode 34 V virtual devices
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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems
2008
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