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... on Sun Solaris x86...12 Finding space to install the printer drivers package 13 Removing the printer drivers package...13 Removing remaining directories...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...
... on Sun Solaris x86...12 Finding space to install the printer drivers package 13 Removing the printer drivers package...13 Removing remaining directories...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...
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... 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 command line 31 Frequently asked questions 33 Command line...33 Print queue management...33 4
... 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 command line 31 Frequently asked questions 33 Command line...33 Print queue management...33 4
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... is disabled or down...37 The file I sent to the print queue came out as garbage 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...
... is disabled or down...37 The file I sent to the print queue came out as garbage 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...
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Learning about the printer drivers Using the printer drivers with UNIX and Linux The printer drivers for UNIX and Linux systems provide many features that help ease the task of the system administrator and that help users be more productive. • ... queues. • Network printer search-The search function makes it easier to find printers in an IP Subnet or Range. • Print subsystem integration-Printer drivers integrate with the native Print subsystem to work with existing print queues and software. • Frequently used options-System administrators can create queues with the...
Learning about the printer drivers Using the printer drivers with UNIX and Linux The printer drivers for UNIX and Linux systems provide many features that help ease the task of the system administrator and that help users be more productive. • ... queues. • Network printer search-The search function makes it easier to find printers in an IP Subnet or Range. • Print subsystem integration-Printer drivers integrate with the native Print subsystem to work with existing print queues and software. • Frequently used options-System administrators can create queues with the...
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...the Web site for your host, you are using print clients and print servers on Solaris, install the printer drivers on the print server to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. The default administrative group on AIX is ...Supported operating systems Make sure you want to change the administrative user group for a complete installation. Red Flag Linux - Installing the printer drivers Before installing the printer drivers 1 Make sure you are logged on with the latest available patches: • HP-UX • IBM AIX • Sun Solaris...
...the Web site for your host, you are using print clients and print servers on Solaris, install the printer drivers on the print server to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. The default administrative group on AIX is ...Supported operating systems Make sure you want to change the administrative user group for a complete installation. Red Flag Linux - Installing the printer drivers Before installing the printer drivers 1 Make sure you are logged on with the latest available patches: • HP-UX • IBM AIX • Sun Solaris...
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...Directory/CDROM and the hostname of these fields is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, 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 list. 7 In the Source Depot Path field...started SAM, an error message appears. Note: If there is incorrect, enter the correct value, or select it from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Save the downloaded printer software package in /tmp or /var/tmp during installation. See the following to specify the ...
...Directory/CDROM and the hostname of these fields is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, 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 list. 7 In the Source Depot Path field...started SAM, an error message appears. Note: If there is incorrect, enter the correct value, or select it from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Save the downloaded printer software package in /tmp or /var/tmp during installation. See the following to specify the ...
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...the installation is complete, click Done and exit SAM. 12 Run the following setup script to complete the installation: # /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. For 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 ...
...the installation is complete, click Done and exit SAM. 12 Run the following setup script to complete the installation: # /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the standard package. For 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 ...
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...Manager utility (software updates)" on page 13. 3 Download the printer drivers package (print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Install the package file. # dpkg -i /tmp/print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb 5 Run the following setup script to complete...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...
...Manager utility (software updates)" on page 13. 3 Download the printer drivers package (print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. 4 Install the package file. # dpkg -i /tmp/print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb 5 Run the following setup script to complete...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...
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... location. 6 Follow the prompts and answer any software plugins available. a Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-solaris10-x86.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. Note: You must set the OPENWINHOME environment variable by typing the following on the ... questions that appear on page 31. a Download the Lexmark printer drivers package (print-drivers-solaris8-10-sparc.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. Check your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to TRUE. 3 Make sure you must...
... location. 6 Follow the prompts and answer any software plugins available. a Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-solaris10-x86.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. Note: You must set the OPENWINHOME environment variable by typing the following on the ... questions that appear on page 31. a Download the Lexmark printer drivers package (print-drivers-solaris8-10-sparc.pkg.gz) from the Lexmark Web site at http://www.lexmark.com/drivers. Check your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to TRUE. 3 Make sure you must...
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... see the documentation that appear on your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are actually installed on page 31. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be installed. If the file system containing the directory is full,...successful, type q to install printer drivers in the folder /disk2/lexmark. Check your operating system, mark the printer drivers package for removal after you to quit. Removing the printer drivers package A system administrator can also type the names of printer drivers in a particular directory. Finding ...
... see the documentation that appear on your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to determine if there are actually installed on page 31. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be installed. If the file system containing the directory is full,...successful, type q to install printer drivers in the folder /disk2/lexmark. Check your operating system, mark the printer drivers package for removal after you to quit. Removing the printer drivers package A system administrator can also type the names of printer drivers in a particular directory. Finding ...
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... see if any directories remain after removing all of the following utilities and selecting Remove before uninstalling the package. # /opt/lexmark/LEXPrtDrv.unlink Removing remaining directories Package removal utilities usually do not delete the directory. 14 After you remove all the packages, ...check the directory where you may be located in the /opt/lexmark, /usr/local/lexmark, /usr/spool/lp/lexmark, or /var/spool/lexmark directories. If there is additional software residing in either of the printer drivers packages, you installed the printer...
... see if any directories remain after removing all of the following utilities and selecting Remove before uninstalling the package. # /opt/lexmark/LEXPrtDrv.unlink Removing remaining directories Package removal utilities usually do not delete the directory. 14 After you remove all the packages, ...check the directory where you may be located in the /opt/lexmark, /usr/local/lexmark, /usr/spool/lp/lexmark, or /var/spool/lexmark directories. If there is additional software residing in either of the printer drivers packages, you installed the printer...
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... your web browser is only available to start a session with their own personal settings. Print Drivers Setup There are using the command line. • /usr/local/lexmark/setup.lexprint • /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint • /usr/lpp/lexprint/setup.lexprint Note: For more information about administrative groups... administrative mode by using . 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click Web Browser. 3 Select the appropriate web browser from the Print Drivers Setup dialog. If you do not have the interface available, you can set from the list. However, if an administrator wants to the ...
... your web browser is only available to start a session with their own personal settings. Print Drivers Setup There are using the command line. • /usr/local/lexmark/setup.lexprint • /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint • /usr/lpp/lexprint/setup.lexprint Note: For more information about administrative groups... administrative mode by using . 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click Web Browser. 3 Select the appropriate web browser from the Print Drivers Setup dialog. If you do not have the interface available, you can set from the list. However, if an administrator wants to the ...
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... Click Next. For more information about creating print queues, see "Creating a print queue" on AIX is "printq." 16 CUPS If you are using Asian Drivers, you want to add and remove queues from , the menu bar. 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click Desktop Integration. 3 Select the menu ...must specify a printer with or without the Asian Font DIMM. 3 Select the default paper size. Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who do not make a selection, Letter is "bin." Desktop Integration The Desktop Integration option allows you ...
... Click Next. For more information about creating print queues, see "Creating a print queue" on AIX is "printq." 16 CUPS If you are using Asian Drivers, you want to add and remove queues from , the menu bar. 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click Desktop Integration. 3 Select the menu ...must specify a printer with or without the Asian Font DIMM. 3 Select the default paper size. Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who do not make a selection, Letter is "bin." Desktop Integration The Desktop Integration option allows you ...
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... of the administrative group can create a virtual device, you must gather 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 by... locally, continue with permissions and perform administrative tasks. Creating virtual devices Before creating virtual devices Before you can open the printer driver with step 5 on page 18. To change their personal settings and maintain their printer groups. For information about changing the ...
... of the administrative group can create a virtual device, you must gather 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 by... locally, continue with permissions and perform administrative tasks. Creating virtual devices Before creating virtual devices Before you can open the printer driver with step 5 on page 18. To change their personal settings and maintain their printer groups. For information about changing the ...
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...classes, see "Working with printer classes" on page 22. • If you are using the Add Print Queue Wizard 1 From the printer driver, click Add Print Queue Wizard. 2 From the list of your printer. You locate the line matching this printer from the supported_printers command that ... to create a queue for the print queue. a The device name associated with CUPS, select Enable Printer Classes to create aliases for this : Lexmark T632 10LT63x automatic The printer type is 10LT63x, and the supported language is automatic. 19 For more information, see "Working with the LPRng print ...
...classes, see "Working with printer classes" on page 22. • If you are using the Add Print Queue Wizard 1 From the printer driver, click Add Print Queue Wizard. 2 From the list of your printer. You locate the line matching this printer from the supported_printers command that ... to create a queue for the print queue. a The device name associated with CUPS, select Enable Printer Classes to create aliases for this : Lexmark T632 10LT63x automatic The printer type is 10LT63x, and the supported language is automatic. 19 For more information, see "Working with the LPRng print ...
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...enable|disable Notes: • Accept, reject, enable, and disable are your personal print queue properties. • If you opened the printer driver as an administrator, your changes apply to all print jobs you select an option the printer does not support, the printer ignores the unsupported settings.... Changing the print queue properties 1 Open the printer driver. 2 Right-click the print queue icon. 3 Select the appropriate Properties menu item. 4 Change the settings. 5 Click OK. How you ...
...enable|disable Notes: • Accept, reject, enable, and disable are your personal print queue properties. • If you opened the printer driver as an administrator, your changes apply to all print jobs you select an option the printer does not support, the printer ignores the unsupported settings.... Changing the print queue properties 1 Open the printer driver. 2 Right-click the print queue icon. 3 Select the appropriate Properties menu item. 4 Change the settings. 5 Click OK. How you ...
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.... Note: Reserve and Repeat print jobs may want to store the job in memory until you delete it ensures no one else using the printer driver. Using the Print and Hold setting When sending a job to the printer, you can hold a job in memory so you can print additional copies later...=confidential -o pin_no=pin file_name To use the confidential Print and Hold function from the Held Jobs menu. The job is a default PIN for the printer driver; There is held job you want to hold your print jobs. • Select Confidential if you may be four digits. See the printer documentation to...
.... Note: Reserve and Repeat print jobs may want to store the job in memory until you delete it ensures no one else using the printer driver. Using the Print and Hold setting When sending a job to the printer, you can hold a job in memory so you can print additional copies later...=confidential -o pin_no=pin file_name To use the confidential Print and Hold function from the Held Jobs menu. The job is a default PIN for the printer driver; There is held job you want to hold your print jobs. • Select Confidential if you may be four digits. See the printer documentation to...
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...line. Removing a print queue From the icon view 1 Right-click the icon for the printer you want to delete. 30 From the printer driver 1 Click Remove Print Queue. 2 Select the print queues you want to delete. 2 Select Delete. A notification message appears if you try to... device from the Device Manager table. Note: You cannot change a virtual device type after creation. If you want 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 command line using the following command: # /usr/lexprint...
...line. Removing a print queue From the icon view 1 Right-click the icon for the printer you want to delete. 30 From the printer driver 1 Click Remove Print Queue. 2 Select the print queues you want to delete. 2 Select Delete. A notification message appears if you try to... device from the Device Manager table. Note: You cannot change a virtual device type after creation. If you want 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 command line using the following command: # /usr/lexprint...
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...remove a queue that is scriptable. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to take effect. A confirmation dialog appears. Using the Plugin Manager utility from the printer driver or the command line. Note: The queue must restart the application for changes ...printer. • To access the utility from the printer driver, click File Software Update. • To access the utility from http://downloads.lexmark.com. Removing plugins from the directory. Note: Your specific printer driver may be run from the command line Installing, listing,...
...remove a queue that is scriptable. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to take effect. A confirmation dialog appears. Using the Plugin Manager utility from the printer driver or the command line. Note: The queue must restart the application for changes ...printer. • To access the utility from the printer driver, click File Software Update. • To access the utility from http://downloads.lexmark.com. Removing plugins from the directory. Note: Your specific printer driver may be run from the command line Installing, listing,...
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... in applications such as Mozilla. The print queue was probably removed by typing lexlp instead of the lp command when you must open the printer driver as a disabled queue might accept them. • A graphic of options available for a print queue? Try printing to add or remove queues. Note: You can also...
... in applications such as Mozilla. The print queue was probably removed by typing lexlp instead of the lp command when you must open the printer driver as a disabled queue might accept them. • A graphic of options available for a print queue? Try printing to add or remove queues. Note: You can also...