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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 2
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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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 4
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 Removing plugins from the printer driver...31 Using the - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 6
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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 lexlp - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 9
. Ignore 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 10
driver. You receive a message when the installation is complete. 10 Run the following setup script to complete the installation: # /usr/lpp/lexprint/setup.lexprint Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 11
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 page 31. Installing - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 12
type y, n, or ?, and then press Enter. • When a 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 13
type y, n, or ?, and then press Enter. • When a 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 14
uninstalling the package. # /opt/lexmark/LEXPrtDrv.unlink Removing remaining directories Package 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 15
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 browser. 4 Click Next. Paper Size You can set the default paper size for all print jobs. Note: Changing the default paper size does not affect the - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 16
may encounter printing problems due to mime types controlling how to filter print jobs. In order for jobs to print correctly, you must remove this mime type Next. Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who have permission to add and remove queues - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 17
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 can only change - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 18
. d Enter the appropriate IP Address or Subnet. e Click Search. Note: The Search function searches for printers on an IPv4 network. f Select the device from the list. g Click OK. h Make any necessary changes to the available options. i Click Next. j If you entered an external print server IP Address - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 20
this queue. Specify additional printer options so that paper from the second tray is used and jobs are duplexed against the long edge of the paper. # /usr/lexprint/bin/mkqueue -d mydevice -q myqueue -p 10LT63x -l automatic -o "paper_tray=tray2 duplex=long_edge" Changing the print queue status There - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 21
the print queue icon. 3 Select the appropriate Properties menu item. 4 Change the settings. 5 Click OK. How you change the properties determines which print jobs are affected. • If you open the printer driver as a normal user, your changes are saved in your home directory and apply to all print jobs - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 22
"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 Class • Remove Existing Class You cannot remove a queue from a class at the time you create the queue. You can also change or modify a printer queue class - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 23
column, select the print 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 24
All Printers. 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 Type the following at the command line: # lexlp -d queue_name file_name 2 Change the appropriate settings. 3 Click OK. • You can print with overrides - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 25
=long_edge" my_report.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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 26
to the right of the option changes to show how the printed page will look. 1 From the Properties dialog box, 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-page feature. Check the documentation - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 28
, 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 the print queue properties" on page 21 - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 30
message appears if you try to remove a device that has queues associated with it. You can also remove a virtual 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 31
Follow the instructions on your screen to complete installation. After installation, you may be required to restart the application for changes to take effect. Removing plugins from the printer driver The Remove option allows you to uninstall a selected plugin. 1 Click File Software Update. 2 From - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 34
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 user and do not have permissions to add or remove queues. Can I change the settings (such as duplex or input trays) of the queue ? Yes, you can change the - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 35
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 Administrator (the person - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 36
Check the Printer message when this situation occurs. • Check the print queue 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 37
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. For more - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 38
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 the virtual device selection in the queue - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 39
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 , check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 41
or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in later editions. Improvements or changes in the products or the programs described may be made at any time. For Lexmark technical support, visit support.lexmark.com. For - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 T612 | 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 T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 44
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, PCL - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 45
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 how much of the - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 46
can contain coding that is interpreted by the printer. Linux user is not able to use the lp or lpr command to submit print requests. A command line program that removes virtual devices. The system administration utility on HP-UX. A command line program that sends data to a TCP/IP network printer - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 47
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 "public." This - Lexmark Optra T612 | Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems - Page 48
38 printable 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 - Lexmark Optra T612 | 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 36 printer driver is unable to find network printer 39 U UNIX using 7 UNIX system requirements 35 user mode 34 V virtual devices changing 29
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