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    Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com
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    11 Installing on Sun Solaris x86...12 Finding space to install the printer drivers package 13 Removing the printer drivers package...13 Removing remaining directories...14 Performing tasks 15 Opening the printer driver...15 Print Drivers Setup...15 Administrative Group...15 Web Browser...15 Paper
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    device...30 Changing a print queue to print to a different printer 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
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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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    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, duplex, or paper size. • Job submission graphical interface-Users can use the command lexlp
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    print clients and print servers on Solaris, install the printer drivers on the print server to access the printer driver management features. Supported - Linspire Linux - Ubuntu Linux - Linpus Linux For specific supported operating system versions, see the Web site for your operating system, or
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    more space, see "Finding space to install the 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 software package in the /tmp directory, and
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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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    enough hard disk drive space in /usr/local to install the printer driver. For more information about finding more space, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Download the printer drivers package (print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb) from the Lexmark Web site at
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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 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
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    specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark updates)" on page 31. Finding space to install the printer drivers package Some operating systems require you to install printer drivers installed on another drive. 1 Create a
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    to remove some directories 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/unix_prt_drivers /var/spool
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    with their own personal settings. Note: User mode is not supported when running the application as a "root" user. Print Drivers Setup There are six basic options you can set from the Print Drivers Setup dialog. Note: The Print Drivers Setup is only available to the root user. If you do not have the
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    Next. When you create print queues using Asian Drivers, you must specify a printer with Asian in the model name. For more information about creating print queues, see "Creating a print queue" on page 19. CUPS If you are using Linux with CUPS you may encounter printing problems due to mime types
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    Solaris and HP-UX # /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint IBM AIX # /usr/lpp/lexprint/setup.lexprint Adding or removing a user 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
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    OK. h Make any necessary changes to the available options. i Click Next. j If you entered an external print server IP Address or Host Name, select the appropriate port for the printer. k Verify the information that appears. l Click Finish. Creating virtual devices from the command line 1 Select
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    that contains the model number of your printer. Example: You want to create a queue for a Lexmark T632. You locate the line matching this printer from supported_printers and it looks like this: Lexmark T632 10LT63x automatic The printer type is 10LT63x, and the supported language is automatic. 19
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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 pcl, ps, or pdf. If you select automatic_pdf, you can send PCL emulation/ASCII, PostScript emulation, and PDF print jobs to the print queue. • If the
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    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 not connected to the printer, your print job prints on one side of the paper. 21
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    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 the aliases of a queue
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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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    3 Click to add the print queues to the group. Note: To remove a print queue from the Selected Print Queue column, select the print 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 multiple groups: 1
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    File from the menu. 2 From the browser dialog, select the file. 3 If you want to change the printing preferences for this job only, click Preferences. Note: Unless your printer supports Direct Image or an ImageQuick card SIMM, only PostScript emulation, PCL emulation, and ASCII text files can be
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    . 2 Choose the number of page images you want to print on the same sheet of paper. 3 Click OK. Note: Not all printers support the multiple-page feature. Check the documentation that came with the printer to determine if the printer supports this feature. Printing multiple copies of a document Use
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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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    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 information, see "Changing
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    jobs at the printer. Writing a banner program You can create custom banner pages for your queues by writing a program that takes seven positional arguments and prints the banner page on the standard out (stdout). The seven banner program arguments are: • file • user • host • queue • message • paper
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    device from the command line using the following command: # /usr/lexprint/bin/rmdevice -d device_name Changing a print queue to print to a different printer 1 Open the printer driver. 2 Right-click the print queue icon. 3 Select Change Device. 4 Select a device from the Device Manager table. If you
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    plug-ins. If there are no 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
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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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    as a disabled queue might accept them. • A graphic of a person means the user has personalized settings. The detail view shows a check mark in the Printer Settings column. A print queue I used to print to has disappeared. What happened? The print queue was probably removed by an administrator. Try
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    How can I enable or disable a print queue? To enable a print queue: 1 Open the printer driver as an administrator. 2 From the main window, right-click the print queue icon. 3 Select the Enabled check box. To disable a print queue: 1 Open the printer driver as an administrator. 2 From the main window
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    " on page 22. What are printer groups? Printer groups are ways of organizing print queues to make them manageable for a user. There are two default printer groups in the printer driver: All Printers and My Printers. My Printers is a subset of All Printers the user selects to organize the volume of
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    - Verify the proper device is selected in 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
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    message appears on the control panel, see "Additional problems" on page 40. - Make sure TCP/IP is activated on the print server. The protocol must be active in order for the print server and Print Drivers to work. You can activate TCP/IP from the printer control panel. For more information, see the
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    Plus data queues work only with 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, and PostScript emulation data. Note
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    network-related message appears on the control panel, see "Additional problems" on page 40. • Make sure TCP/IP is activated on the print server. The protocol must be active for the print server and printer driver to work. You can do this from the printer control panel. For more information, see the
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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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    of operation in conjunction with other products, programs, or services, except those expressly designated by the manufacturer, are the user's responsibility. © 2008 Lexmark International, Inc. All rights reserved. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS This software and any accompanying documentation
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    /or other materials provided with the distribution. 3 The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
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    not require) that you include in the end-user documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in using the logos available at http://www.jdom.org/images/logos. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
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    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 the ability to print PostScript, PCL emulation, and ASCII text files to the same print queue. The transmission speed of the
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    opening on the computer or external print server into which the printer cable connects. A function of the printer driver that allows you to store a job in the buffer of the printer and print from the control panel. A method of selecting a specific file from within the printer driver to print. 45
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    , such as network print servers) that takes information from a print queue and sends it to a printer. See internal print server and external print server. A page stored on the print server that contains information about that server. A page that is printed from within the printer driver to test the
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    printer, change the community name for the printer from the standard word "public." This breaks many tools used to print and manage the printer servers run on computers connected to a monitor. The X server handles transferring input from keyboard and mouse devices to the X Window System program,
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    command line 33 creating print 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
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    text files, printing 27 troubleshooting file sent to print queue came out as garbage 38 hostname does not resolve 38 jobs appear in print queue for extended 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
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2008
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