Lexmark Optra S 1625 Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems
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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 2
- Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 3
...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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 4
23 Managing printer groups...23 Creating a printer group ...23 Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group 23 Removing a printer group ...24 Printing from the command line...24 Printing a file...25 Printing a test page...25 Printing a duplex job...26 Printing multiple pages on one - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 6
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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-Users can use the command - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 13
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 updates)" on page 31. Finding space to install the printer drivers package Some operating systems require you to install printer drivers in a - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 17
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 18
to locate the IP address. 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 19
queue Creating print queues using the Add Print Queue Wizard 1 From the printer driver, click Add Print Queue Wizard. 2 From the list of Available Devices select a device, or click Add Device to create a new device. For more information about adding devices, see "Creating virtual devices" on page 17 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 20
: Using information gathered in step 1 on page 19, create a new print queue ("myqueue"), for a virtual device ("mydevice"). 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 is used - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 22
Displaying the alias of a print queue Right-click 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 25
.ps If you are printing from Linux using the LPRng print 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 Print File. Printing a test page Printing a test page sends a job through the print - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 26
. 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 27
. 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 number of - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 28
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 the print queue properties" on page 21. 2 Click Print and Hold - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 29
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 31
You can download and install new plug-ins for added device support. The Plugin Manager utility can be run from the printer driver or the command line. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 35
Working with printer classes" 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 37
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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 38
page prints, the connection between the print server and the printer 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 39
in the list of attachments on the 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 for the print server and printer driver to work. You can do this from the - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 40
to the system - How the queue is configured - What applications, if any, are involved • If this is a network printer, and the problem is sending data to the printer, determine the print server firmware level. Enter the following on the command line, and then press Enter: # finger info@hostname 40 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | 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 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 42
/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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 43
request (but do not require) that you include in the end-user documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in the software itself an DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 44
UNIX operating system. A 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 the ability to print PostScript, PCL emulation - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 45
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 within a limited geographical area - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 46
, 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 47
printer using a virtual device. A program that runs using the X Window System. A program that handles displaying graphical X client output on a 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 48
area, defining 27 printer aliases 22 creating 22 displaying 22 printer classes 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 - Lexmark Optra S 1625 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 49
T test page, printing 25 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
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2008
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