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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 4
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 sheet...26 Printing multiple copies of a document...26 Changing the orientation of a print job...27 Changing the Lines Per Page setting - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 5
Normal user or administrator...34 Default settings for the program or queue...34 Related topics...35 Troubleshooting 36 The print queue ...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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 6
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. • 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 in place of lp to access a graphic interface to override per-queue - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 9
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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 12
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 directory, and then uncompress the package file - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 13
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 space to install the printer drivers package Some operating systems require you to install - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 15
Performing tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, or from the command line by typing: # lexprint The program has two modes: User and Administrative. If an administrator starts the program, it opens in administrative mode by default. However, if an - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 19
the printer driver, click on page 17. b The supported printer types 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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 21
are affected. • If you open the printer driver as a normal user, your changes are saved in your home 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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 22
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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 24
. 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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 25
-sided pages, and you need to print a two-sided report. You can specify the change at the command line. 1 Determine if the print queue supports the Preferences. Note: Unless your printer supports Direct Image or an ImageQuick card SIMM, only PostScript emulation, PCL emulation, and ASCII text files - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 26
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 the Copies option to print more than - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 27
Lines Per Page. 4 Change the number of Lines Per Inch. 5 Click OK. Notes: • This feature is only supported by the PCL emulation printer language. • The lines per page and lines per inch numbers work together. • You can select 66 Lines Per Page which deactivates the Lines Per Page and Lines Per Inch - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 28
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 the print queue properties" on page 21. 2 Click Print - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 29
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 changes to the banner page options, such as - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 33
For more information, see "Printing from the command line" on page 24. Note: You can also use the lexlp in applications 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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 34
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 when - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 35
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 printers available on a system connected to a large network. What is the difference between - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 36
Troubleshooting The print queue is empty but my document did not print Make sure you are sending the proper data to the printer. If you send PCL emulation "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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 38
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 all print jobs from the - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 39
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 Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 44
version of the 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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 45
lines per page setting to specify 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 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | 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 SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 48
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 from the printer driver 25 multiple copies 26 multiple-pages on one sheet 26 Print and Hold 28 - Lexmark Optra SC 1275 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 49
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 printer driver is unable to find network printer 39 U UNIX using 7 UNIX system requirements 35 user
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