Dell 1130 Mono User's Guide - Page 59

Printing files, Configuring printer properties, Unified Driver Configurator

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General: This option allows you to change the paper size, the paper type, and the orientation of the documents. It enables the duplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changes the number of pages per sheet. Text: This option allows you to specify the page margins and set the text options, such as spacing or columns. Graphics: This option allows you to set image options that are used when printing images/files, such as color options, image size, or image position. Advanced: This option allows you to set the print resolution, paper source and special print features. If an option is grayed out, it means that the grayed out option is not supported. 5. Click Apply to apply the changes and close the Properties window. 6. Click OK in the LPR GUI window to start printing. 7. The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the status of your print job. To abort the current job, click Cancel. Printing files You can print many different types of files on your machine using the standard CUPS way, directly from the command line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you to do that. But the drivers package replaces the standard lpr tool by a much more user-friendly LPR GUI program. To print any document file: 1. Type 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. 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.

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General:
This option allows you to change the paper size, the paper type, and the orientation of the documents.
It enables the duplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changes the number of pages per sheet.
Text:
This option allows you to specify the page margins and set the text options, such as spacing or columns.
Graphics:
This option allows you to set image options that are used when printing images/files, such as color
options, image size, or image position.
Advanced:
This option allows you to set the print resolution, paper source and special print features.
If an option is grayed out, it means that the grayed out option is not supported.
5.
Click
Apply
to apply the changes and close the
Properties
window.
6.
Click
OK
in the
LPR GUI
window to start printing.
7.
The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the status of your print job.
To abort the current job, click
Cancel
.
Printing files
You can print many different types of files on your machine using the standard CUPS way, directly from the command
line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you to do that. But the drivers package replaces the standard lpr tool by a
much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.
To print any document file:
1.
Type 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.
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
.