Lexmark X363 Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems

Lexmark X363 Manual

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    Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com
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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
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    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 Manager utility from the
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    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
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    and software. • Frequently used options-System administrators can create queues with the most frequently used options 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
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    you might want to use that group as the printer driver administrative group. Non-administrative users cannot add or remove print queues. For more printer drivers on the print server to access the printer driver management features. Supported operating systems Make sure you are running one
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    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 then
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    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 Web site to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. For more information, see "Plugin Manager
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    to complete the installation: # /usr/local/lexmark/setup.lexprint 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
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    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, see "Plugin Manager utility
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    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, see "Plugin Manager utility
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    one of the following scripts: Linux # /usr/local/lexmark/setup.lexprint 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
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    . 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
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    Wizard 1 From the printer driver, click Add Print Enable Printer Classes to put a queue in a class. For more information about printer classes, see "Working with printer one by running the mkdevice command. For more information, see "Creating virtual devices" on page 17. b The supported printer
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    the language selection is specified as "automatic" for 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
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    options for that specific printer type. However, your printer may not have all of the available options installed. If you select an option the printer does not support, the printer ignores the unsupported settings. For example, the Printer Type may support an optional duplex unit. However, if
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    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 the aliases of a queue
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    the check box next to the class from which you want to remove the queue. Note: A class exists as long as it contains queues. Managing printer groups Printer groups help you select a small group of print queues from the available print queues on a UNIX system. You can use the Group Manager tool
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    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 Right-click All
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    line. 1 Determine if the print queue supports the feature you want to use (in this case, duplex printing), and type the appropriate command. # /usr/lexprint/bin/lsqueue_opts -q lab_printer The screen then reads: duplex none (default) short_edge long_edge printer setting 2 Find the property name and
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    option is supported. If you have an optional duplex unit installed in your printer, you can specify duplex printing by indicating the binding edge you want to use from the Duplex options. If you select Long-edge, the pages of the document turn like the pages of a magazine. If you select Short-edge
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    . 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
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    a default PIN for the printer driver; it appears in the Job Information to the right of the Print and Hold options. The PIN must be four digits. This ensures the job does not print until you are ready to retrieve it, and it ensures no one else using the printer can print the job
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    program arguments 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
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    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
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    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 to determine if there are
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    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
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    detail view shows the queue in yellow. Note: An enabled queue might reject print jobs, just as a disabled queue might 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
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    Enabled check box. Normal user or administrator Why are some toolbar icons unavailable and some options missing when I start the printer driver? The printer driver has two levels of access: user user and do not have permissions to add or remove queues. Can I change the settings (such as duplex or
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    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
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    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 to find the network printer" on page 39. - Try using the Print
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    to the printer. Example: send_parallel -f /etc/hosts /dev/lp0 Replace /dev/ enabled. To check this, print a setup page for the printer. The print server should appear in the list of attachments on the setup page. - If a network-related message appears on the control panel, see "Additional problems
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    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
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    physical 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
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    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
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    conjunction with other products, programs, or services, except those expressly designated by the manufacturer, are the user's responsibility. © 2008 Lexmark International, Inc. All rights reserved. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS This software and any accompanying documentation provided under this
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    user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the Apache Software INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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    -user documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in the software itself an acknowledgement equivalent to the following: "This product includes software (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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    either a Token-Ring or Ethernet cable. The external print server allows network connectivity of a parallel or serial printer. Software that resides in the print server; also called microcode. The version of the firmware. The connection device between the LAN and other equipment, such as computers
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    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
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    information about that server. A page that is printed from within the printer driver to test the communication between the software and the printer. A pool of printers containing similar characteristics and capabilities. When one printer is busy, the job is then submitted to the next available
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    /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 breaks many tools used to print and
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    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 specifying
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    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 not print 36 printer driver is unable to find network printer 39 U UNIX using 7 UNIX system requirements 35 user mode 34 V virtual devices
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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems
2008
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