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Printing files, Configuring Printer Properties

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Linux printing 4. Special features 86 7 The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the status of your print job. To abort the current job, click Cancel. 14 Printing files 15 Configuring Printer Properties Using the Printer Properties window provided by the Printers configuration, you can change the various properties for your machine as a printer. You can print many different types of files on your machine using the standard CUPS, directly from the command line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you to do that, but the driver's package replaces the standard lpr tool by a much more user-friendly LPR GUI program. To print any document file: 1 Enter lpr from the Linux shell command line and press Enter. The LPR GUI window appears. When you type only lpr and press Enter, the Select file(s) to print window appears first. Just select any files you want to print and click Open. 2 In the LPR GUI window, select your machine from the list, and change the print job properties. 3 Click OK to start printing. 1 Open the Unified Driver Configurator. If necessary, switch to Printers configuration. 2 Select your machine on the available printers list and click Properties. 3 The Printer Properties window appears. The following five tabs display at the top of the window: • General: Allows you to change the printer location and name. The name entered in this tab displays on the printer list in Printers configuration. • Connection: Allows you to view or select another port. If you change the machine port from USB to parallel or vice versa while in use, you must re-configure the machine port in this tab. • Driver: Allows you to view or select another machine driver. By clicking Options, you can set the default device options.

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Linux printing
86
4.
Special features
7
The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the
status of your print job.
To abort the current job, click
Cancel
.
14
Printing files
You can print many different types of files on your machine using the
standard CUPS, directly from the command line interface. The CUPS
lpr utility allows you to do that, but the driver’s package replaces the
standard lpr tool by a much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.
To print any document file:
1
Enter lpr <file_name> from the Linux shell command line and
press Enter. The
LPR GUI
window appears.
When you type only lpr and press
Enter
, the
Select file(s) to
print
window appears first. Just select any files you want to
print and click
Open
.
2
In the
LPR GUI
window, select your machine from the list, and
change the print job properties.
3
Click
OK
to start printing.
15
Configuring Printer Properties
Using the
Printer Properties
window provided by the
Printers
configuration
, you can change the various properties for your
machine as a printer.
1
Open the
Unified Driver Configurator
.
If necessary, switch to
Printers configuration
.
2
Select your machine on the available printers list and click
Properties
.
3
The
Printer Properties
window appears.
The following five tabs display at the top of the window:
•
General:
Allows you to change the printer location and
name. The name entered in this tab displays on the printer
list in
Printers configuration
.
•
Connection:
Allows you to view or select another port. If
you change the machine port from USB to parallel or vice
versa while in use, you must re-configure the machine port
in this tab.
•
Driver:
Allows you to view or select another machine
driver. By clicking
Options
, you can set the default device
options.