Lexmark X630 Print Drivers for UNIX and LINUX Systems

Lexmark X630 - MFP - Multifunction Manual

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    Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com
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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
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    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 command line 31 Frequently asked questions 33 Command line...33
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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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    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 options such as multiple-page printing, print and hold, duplex, or paper size. • Job
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    5 Run the following setup script 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
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    specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. Check your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site 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
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    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
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    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
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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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    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
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    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 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
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    Queue Wizard 1 From the printer driver, click Add Print Queue Wizard 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
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    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
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    . • 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
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    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
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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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    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 printed in this manner. 4 Click
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    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
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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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    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 : Not all printers support the Print and Hold feature. See the printer documentation to determine if the printer supports this feature. 28
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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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    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 to
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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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    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
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    print queue icon. 3 Clear the 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 mode and administrator mode. The unavailable and missing icons represent
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    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 printers available on a system connected to a large network. What
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    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 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:
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    and print queue. If it does not print, the problem is with the device, cable, or printer. - Restart the lpsched or lpd process. - See the 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 print
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    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 queues work only with printers that support PDF data. If you use an Automatic PDF queue with a printer that does not support PDF data, the
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    Make sure all 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
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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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    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
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    /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
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    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
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    queue. A printer language option for printers that support both PostScript and PCL emulation printer languages. This option gives users the ability to a parallel or serial printer. Software that resides in the print server; also called microcode. The version of the firmware. The connection device
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    . A function of the printer driver that allows the user to specify the number of 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
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    Web page print test page printer class Printer printer driver to test the communication between the software and the printer. A pool of printers containing similar characteristics and capabilities. When one printer packages. The state of a print queue when the user is not able to use the lp or lpr
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    . Virtual devices, however, are not system devices located in the /dev directory, and other 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 graphical X client output on a display as well as
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    Support, contacting 40 D default settings 34 Device Manager 17 duplex printing 26 H holding print jobs 28 hostname troubleshooting 38 I installing printer drivers printer drivers administrator mode 34 installing 8 opening 15 printing from 25 removing 13 troubleshooting 39 user mode 34 printer group
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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 did 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
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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems
2008
www.lexmark.com