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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 2
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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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 4
the Lines Per Page setting...27 Defining the printable area when printing text files 27 Using the Print and Hold setting...28 Creating custom banner pages utility ...31 Installing plugins from the printer driver...31 Removing plugins from the printer driver...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 5
user or administrator...34 Default settings for the program or queue...34 Related topics...35 Troubleshooting 36 The print queue is ...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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 6
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and device wizards-Administrators can use wizards to help set up virtual devices and print queues. • Network printer search-The search function makes it easier to find printers in an IP Subnet or Range. • Print subsystem integration-Printer drivers integrate with the native Print subsystem to work - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 8
page 9 and "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. During installation, servers on Solaris, install the printer drivers on the print server to access the printer driver management features. Supported operating systems Make sure you - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 9
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 installation. Note: If the HOME variable was not set for root when you started SAM, an error - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 10
more space, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-aix5-sysv.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Save the downloaded package in the /tmp directory, and then uncompress - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 11
, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Download the printer drivers package (print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.rpm) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Install the package file: # rpm -ivh /tmp/print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.rpm 5 Run the - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 12
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 13
message appears telling you the installation was successful, type q to 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 14
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 15
tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 16
Next. Asian Drivers You can enable Asian driver support which allows 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 17
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 user - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 18
. Note: If you do not know the path, click Browse to look for the path in the file system. d Click Finish. 6 If the printer is a attached to a network: a Enter the device name and description. b Enter the IP Address/Host Name, or click Search to locate the IP address. If you entered an - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 19
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 20
notes • All 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 the language type to be automatic, pcl, or ps. If you select - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 21
queue within the printer driver: 1 Right-click printer driver as an administrator, your changes apply to every user who has not saved personal print queue properties for that print queue. • If you change the settings through Print File or lexlp, your changes affect the properties for that specific - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 22
the print queue, and select Printer Aliases. Working with printer classes Introduction to printer classes Printer classes help you group several printers into one class. Once a printer class is set up, you can print to a class rather than a specific printer. Because printing resources are pooled - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 23
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 24
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 at the command line: # lexlp -d queue_name file_name 2 Change the appropriate settings. 3 Click OK. • You can print with overrides to the properties you - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 25
set ps Printing a file 1 Right-click the print queue, and then select Print 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 26
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 settings usually override the settings printer does not have enough memory to collate a large document, it prints collated pages of part - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 27
orientation. Note: These settings are only supported by the PCL emulation printer language. Changing the Lines Per Page setting Some applications do not have page settings or print settings capability, or they do not let you change the number of printed lines on a sheet of paper. You can adjust the - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 28
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 Not all printers support the Print and Hold feature. See the printer documentation to determine if the printer supports this feature. - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 29
are: • file • 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 emulation. For example, PCL emulation banner programs - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 30
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 do not - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 31
the currently installed 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 Software Update. 2 Select Install. 3 Select a plugin from the directory. A confirmation dialog - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 32
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 33
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 or remove a print queue? No, but you must open the printer driver as an administrator. 33 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 34
To disable a print queue: 1 Open the printer driver as an administrator. 2 From the main window, right-click the print queue icon. 3 Clear change the settings (such as duplex or input trays) of the queue ? Yes, you can change the settings for a particular print queue, and those settings are saved to - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 35
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 printers available on a system connected to a large network. What is the difference between All Printers and My Printers in the tree - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 36
status. Make sure the queue is enabled. • Check the printer connection. If you are connected to the printer over a network - 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 37
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 panel - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 38
printer, and the network are working. • If the printer is connected to a network, compare the IP address of the print server to the address stored for the network printer and Accepting jobs after you correct the problem. - Re-enable the queue with the printer drivers. - Remove all print jobs from the - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 39
connections between the print server, the printer, and the network are working. • Turn the printer 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 40
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 41
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 42
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 43
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 44
and other equipment, such as computers. Name used to identify a network printer or computer. A card installed inside a printer to connect the printer to the network. A standard protocol that specifies how packets are passed through networks. It identifies the format of the packet and describes how - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 45
how much of the paper will be covered with text. A function of the 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 46
printer driver to test the communication between the software and the printer. A pool of printers containing similar characteristics and capabilities. When one printer authority to perform functions such as setting up printers, making print queues, and deleting printers. A command line program that - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 47
virtual device X client X server X Window System XON/XOFF A plain-text password mechanism used to authenticate queries to agents of managed network devices on a weekly basis. In order to prevent others from using your network printer, change the community name for the printer from the standard word - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 48
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1250 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 49
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 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
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