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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 2
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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 Size - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 4
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 5
queue came out as garbage 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 6
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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, duplex, or paper size. • Job submission graphical interface - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 8
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 9
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 1620 | 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 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 12
Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 14
removal utilities usually do not remove directories shared by more than one package. After you remove all of the printer drivers packages, you may need to remove some directories manually. To see if any directories remain after removing all the packages, check the directory where you installed the - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 15
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 16
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 17
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 18
5 If the printer is attached locally: a Select Parallel, Serial, or USB. If you are using a parallel connection, specify 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 20
language 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 21
. • If you opened the 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 print job. The changes do - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 22
a class rather than a specific printer. Because printing resources are pooled within a class, the first available printer completes your job, providing faster turnaround. Note: Printer classes are optional and should be used only if they are considered beneficial for users. Printer classes are only - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 24
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 25
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 26
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 the Copies option to print more than one copy of a document at a time - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 27
. 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 control panel menus to select the held job you want to print. 1 Open the print queue properties. For more information, see "Changing - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 29
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 30
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 31
-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 appears. It contains more specific information about the - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 33
or contact your administrator. Why can't I add or remove print queues? You probably have normal 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 as an administrator. 33 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 34
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, right-click the print queue icon. 3 Clear the Enabled check box. Normal user or administrator Why are some toolbar icons unavailable and some options missing - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 35
" 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 36
- 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 37
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 38
is working correctly. - If the page does not print, check all physical connections. - Make sure the print queue is Enabled and Accepting jobs after you correct the problem. - Re-enable the queue with the printer drivers. - Remove all print jobs from the queue, and then re-enable the queue. - Verify - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 39
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 version, check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software plug - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | 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 1620 | 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 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 42
conditions are met: 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this provided with the distribution. 3 The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 43
conditions are met: 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this not require) that you include in the end-user documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 44
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 45
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 46
. Raw data can contain coding 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 47
printer, change the community name for the printer from the standard word "public." This breaks many tools used to print and manage the printer 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 48
22, 35 adding 23 creating 23 removing queues 23 printer drivers administrator mode 34 installing 8 opening 15 printing from 25 removing 13 troubleshooting 39 user mode 34 printer group 35 adding print queues 23 creating 23 removing 24 printing collating copies 26 duplex 26 from the command line 24 - Lexmark Optra S 1620 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 49
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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