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    Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems 2008 www.lexmark.com
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    printer drivers 7 Using the printer drivers with UNIX and Linux...7 Installing the printer drivers 8 Before installing the printer drivers...8 Supported Paper Size ...15 Desktop Integration...16 Asian Drivers...16 CUPS ...16 Changing an administrative group name...16 Adding or removing a user
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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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    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 Trademarks...41 Additional
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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
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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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    , 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
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    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
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    requires the files to be in /opt/lexmark, type: # ln -s /disk2/lexmark /opt/lexmark 3 Continue with the installation of printer drivers in the folder /disk2/lexmark. Removing the printer drivers package A system administrator can remove the printer drivers package using the utilities in the table
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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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    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
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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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    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 The printer type is 10LT63x and the language selection is specified as "automatic" for this queue. Specify additional printer options so that paper from
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    queue within the printer driver: 1 Right-click the printer driver. the printer driver as a normal user, 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
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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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    . 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
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    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 Print
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    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 that came with the printer to determine if the printer supports this feature. Printing multiple copies of a document
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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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    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 ΠSoftware Update. 2 Select Install. 3 Select a plugin from the directory. A confirmation dialog
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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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    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 information, see the
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    you correct the problem. - Re-enable the queue with the printer drivers. - Remove printers that support Direct Image or ImageQuick data. If you use an Automatic Plus queue with a printer that does not support DNS domain name. • Check your name server (DNS server). Add the hostname to either NIS, DNS
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    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 printer version, check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are any software plug
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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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    of operation in 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
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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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    not require) that you include in the end-user documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in using the logos available at http://www.jdom.org/images/logos. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
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    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
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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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    printer driver to test the communication between the software and the printer. A pool of printers containing similar characteristics and capabilities. When one printer , and uninstall software packages. The state of a print queue when the user is not able to use the lp or lpr command to submit print
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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
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