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    Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com
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    14 Performing tasks 15 Opening the printer driver...15 Print Drivers Setup...15 Administrative Group...15 Web Browser...15 Paper Size ...15 Desktop Integration...16 Asian Drivers...16 CUPS ...16 Changing an administrative group name...16 Adding or removing a user from the administrative group 17
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    program ...29 Changing a virtual device...29 Removing a virtual 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
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    34 Default settings for the program or queue...34 Related topics...35 Troubleshooting 36 The print queue is empty but my document did not 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
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    with existing print queues and software. • Frequently used options-System administrators 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
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    users cannot add or remove print queues. For more information, see "Changing an administrative group name" on page 16. Note: If you are using print clients and print servers on Solaris, install the printer drivers on the print server to access the printer driver management features. Supported
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    the message, and click OK. 10 During installation, select Logfile to view the installation log. Make sure there are no errors or warnings during installation. Note: If there is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 9
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    /lexmark/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
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    /local/lexmark/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
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    and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software plugins available. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page 31. Installing on Sun Solaris x86 1 Read "Before installing the printer drivers" on page 8. 2 Set the NONABI_SCRIPTS
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    quit. 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 determine if there are any software plugins available. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page 31. Finding
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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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    , if an administrator wants to start the program in user mode, they can type lexprint -n. This lets administrators start a session 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
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    create a print queue for the Asian model. To enable Asian Drivers: 1 Click File ΠSetup. 2 Click Asian Drivers. 3 Select Enable Asian Drivers. 4 Click 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
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    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 this group
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    . If you entered an IP Address/Host Name, go to step h on page 18. If you clicked "Search to locate an IP address," continue with step c on page 18. c From the Search Network Printer dialog box, search by Subnet or Range. d Enter the appropriate IP Address or Subnet. e Click Search. Note: The
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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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    emulation, and ImageQuickTM (HTML, PDF, TIFF) print jobs to the print queue. • The Automatic PDF language type lets you set the printer type is 10LT63x and the language selection is specified as "automatic" for this queue. Specify additional printer options so that paper from the second tray
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    queue within the printer driver: 1 Right-click the printer driver. the printer driver as a normal user, 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
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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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    the check box next to the class from which you want to remove the queue. Note: A class exists as long as it contains queues. Managing printer groups Printer groups help you select a small group of print queues from the available print queues on a UNIX system. You can use the Group Manager tool
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    . 2 Select Delete Group. 3 Select the groups you want to delete. 4 Click Remove. Note: You cannot remove the My Printers or All Printers groups. Printing from the command line There are multiple ways to print from the command line: • You can print using the print queue defaults. If
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    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 printed in this manner. 4 Click
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    click Setup. 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 second page). Note: If the printer does not have enough memory to collate a large document, it prints collated pages of part of the document. It then
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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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    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 of the printer until a personal identification number (PIN) is entered from the control panel. There is a default PIN for the printer driver; it
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    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 • locale
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    -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 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
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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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    program Replace the existing lp command with the lexlp command. Print queue management I see special icons on the printer 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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    print queue icon. 3 Clear the Enabled check box. Normal user or administrator Why are some toolbar icons unavailable and some options missing when I start the printer driver? The printer driver has two levels of access: user mode and administrator mode. The unavailable and missing icons represent
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    where you can specify the location and name of the logfile. • The Printer Intervention Information for User and Administrator 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
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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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    setup page. - If a 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 in order for the print server and Print Drivers to work. You can activate TCP/IP from the printer control
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    graphics, or PDFs on a printer that does not support these formats, you need to print them through an application that converts these data files into PCL emulation or PostScript emulation. For more information, see "Printing a file" on page 25. The hostname does not resolve • If a DNS hostname does
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    or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. • Make sure any plug-ins are installed. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page 31. Jobs are not printing If you are using Linux with CUPS you may encounter printing problems due
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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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    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 provided under
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    user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the Apache Software INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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    -user documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in the software itself an acknowledgement equivalent to the following: "This product includes software (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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    Token-Ring or Ethernet cable. The external print server allows network connectivity of a parallel or serial printer. Software that resides in the print server; also called microcode. The version of the firmware. The connection device between the LAN and other equipment, such as computers. Name used
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    pkginfo pkgrm port Print and Hold print file A program that opens the Print Properties for a particular job. A function of the printer driver that allows the user to specify the number of lines to be printed on one inch of the paper. This number works with the lines per page setting to specify
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    that is interpreted by the printer. Linux packaging manager, which can be used to install, query, verify, and uninstall software packages. The state of a print queue when the user is not able to use the lp or lpr command to submit print requests. A command line program that removes virtual devices
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    transport the data to the printer. Virtual devices, however, are not system devices located in the /dev directory, and other applications cannot send information to a printer using a virtual device. A program that runs using the X Window System. A program that handles displaying graphical X client
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    directories 14 S Setup Administrative Group 15 Asian Drivers 16 CUPS 16 Desktop Integration 16 Paper Size 15 Web Browser 15 software updates installing 31 removing 31 using scripts to manage 31 software updates, managing using the Plugin Manager utility 31 supported operating systems 8 system
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    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 but document
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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems
2008
www.lexmark.com