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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 ......11 Installing 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...
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 ......11 Installing 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...
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... a class ...23 Adding to a class ...23 Removing a queue from a class...23 Managing printer groups...23 Creating a printer group ...23 Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group 23 Removing a printer group ...24 Printing from the command line...24 Printing a file...25 Printing a test page...25... banner program ...29 Changing a virtual device...29 Removing a virtual device...30 Changing a print queue to print to a different printer 30 Removing a print queue...30 Plugin Manager utility (software updates)...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility ...31 Installing plugins from the...
... a class ...23 Adding to a class ...23 Removing a queue from a class...23 Managing printer groups...23 Creating a printer group ...23 Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group 23 Removing a printer group ...24 Printing from the command line...24 Printing a file...25 Printing a test page...25... banner program ...29 Changing a virtual device...29 Removing a virtual device...30 Changing a print queue to print to a different printer 30 Removing a print queue...30 Plugin Manager utility (software updates)...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility ...31 Installing plugins from the...
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......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 Trademarks 41 Edition notice...41 UNITED...
......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 Trademarks 41 Edition notice...41 UNITED...
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... 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 ... native Print subsystem and send data directly to the printer by using the transport utilities. • Printer groups (My Printers)-Users have the ability to group print queues. • Printer classes-System administrators have the ability to manage the standard printer classes from a graphical interface. • Enhanced security...
... 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 ... native Print subsystem and send data directly to the printer by using the transport utilities. • Printer groups (My Printers)-Users have the ability to group print queues. • Printer classes-System administrators have the ability to manage the standard printer classes from a graphical interface. • Enhanced security...
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...Changing an administrative group name" on page 16. SUSE Linux - Linpus Linux For specific supported operating system versions, see the Web site for printer drivers. If you have enough disk space available for a complete installation. Debian GNU/Linux - Ubuntu Linux - During installation, you are ...asked if you want to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. Non-administrative users cannot add or remove print queues. For more...
...Changing an administrative group name" on page 16. SUSE Linux - Linpus Linux For specific supported operating system versions, see the Web site for printer drivers. If you have enough disk space available for a complete installation. Debian GNU/Linux - Ubuntu Linux - During installation, you are ...asked if you want to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. Non-administrative users cannot add or remove print queues. For more...
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...Installation space 62MB in /usr/lpp 130MB in /opt 75MB in /opt 75MB in /opt to install the printer driver. Make sure there are installing 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,.../usr/sbin/swinstall 6 Make sure the Source Depot type is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, see "Finding space to install: a Click the LexPrtDrvs bundle. System requirements The printer driver has minimum installation space requirements. Note: If there is Network Directory/CDROM and the hostname of...
...Installation space 62MB in /usr/lpp 130MB in /opt 75MB in /opt 75MB in /opt to install the printer driver. Make sure there are installing 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,.../usr/sbin/swinstall 6 Make sure the Source Depot type is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, see "Finding space to install: a Click the LexPrtDrvs bundle. System requirements The printer driver has minimum installation space requirements. Note: If there is Network Directory/CDROM and the hostname of...
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...9 Click OK to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to begin installing the printer driver. You receive a message when 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 information about finding more space, see "Finding space to install...
...9 Click OK to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to begin installing the printer driver. You receive a message when 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 information about finding more space, see "Finding space to install...
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... finding more space, see "Plugin 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....you must set the OPENWINHOME environment variable by typing the following setup script to complete the installation: # /usr/local/lexmark/setup.lexprint Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in /usr/local to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. Check the...
... finding more space, see "Plugin 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....you must set the OPENWINHOME environment variable by typing the following setup script to complete the installation: # /usr/local/lexmark/setup.lexprint Note: Your specific printer driver may not be included in /usr/local to determine if there are any software plug-ins available. Check the...
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...packages, type all the packages in the standard package. 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: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the same location. 12 4 Install the... package file. 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. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page ...
...packages, type all the packages in the standard package. 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: Your specific printer driver may not be included in the same location. 12 4 Install the... package file. 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. For more information, see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on page ...
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... your operating system. For example, to install in the /disk2 file system, type: # mkdir /disk2/lexmark 2 Create a symbolic link that points to the directory you to install printer drivers in another drive. 1 Create a directory where you the installation was successful, type q to remove ... system requires the files to be in /opt/lexmark, type: # ln -s /disk2/lexmark /opt/lexmark 3 Continue with your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to the real directory in a particular directory. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be installed. For more information,...
... your operating system. For example, to install in the /disk2 file system, type: # mkdir /disk2/lexmark 2 Create a symbolic link that points to the directory you to install printer drivers in another drive. 1 Create a directory where you the installation was successful, type q to remove ... system requires the files to be in /opt/lexmark, type: # ln -s /disk2/lexmark /opt/lexmark 3 Continue with your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to the real directory in a particular directory. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be installed. For more information,...
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... to remove some directories manually. Note: You must unlink the files before uninstalling the package. # /opt/lexmark/LEXPrtDrv.unlink Removing remaining directories Package removal utilities usually do not delete the directory. 14 By default, the printer drivers are using Sun Solaris, HP-UX, or an IBM AIX system, remove the menu links...
... to remove some directories manually. Note: You must unlink the files before uninstalling the package. # /opt/lexmark/LEXPrtDrv.unlink Removing remaining directories Package removal utilities usually do not delete the directory. 14 By default, the printer drivers are using Sun Solaris, HP-UX, or an IBM AIX system, remove the menu links...
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...many of the web browser. 4 Click Next. 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, see "Changing an administrative group...web browser from the command line. However, if an administrator wants to set the administrative group name. Performing tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, or from the Print Drivers Setup dialog. If your web browser is not ...
...many of the web browser. 4 Click Next. 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, see "Changing an administrative group...web browser from the command line. However, if an administrator wants to set the administrative group name. Performing tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, or from the Print Drivers Setup dialog. If your web browser is not ...
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... 2 Click Asian Drivers. 3 Select Enable Asian Drivers. 4 Click Next. The default administrative group name on page 19. Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who have permission to add and remove queues from , the menu bar. 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click...Drivers Setup, and then create a print queue for jobs to print correctly, you are prompted to print using Linux with CUPS you must specify a printer with or without the Asian Font DIMM. In order to use . 4 Click Next. 3 Select the default paper size. Note: The only ...
... 2 Click Asian Drivers. 3 Select Enable Asian Drivers. 4 Click Next. The default administrative group name on page 19. Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who have permission to add and remove queues from , the menu bar. 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click...Drivers Setup, and then create a print queue for jobs to print correctly, you are prompted to print using Linux with CUPS you must specify a printer with or without the Asian Font DIMM. In order to use . 4 Click Next. 3 Select the default paper size. Note: The only ...
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...file. For information about changing the Administrative UNIX group name, see "Changing an administrative group name" on page 18. If the printer is attached locally, continue with permissions and perform administrative tasks. Add users to the administrative group by removing the username from the ... /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint IBM AIX # /usr/lpp/lexprint/setup.lexprint Adding or removing a user from the UNIX group. Remove a user from the administrative group by adding the user's name to step 6 on page 18. 17 To change their personal settings and maintain their printer groups....
...file. For information about changing the Administrative UNIX group name, see "Changing an administrative group name" on page 18. If the printer is attached locally, continue with permissions and perform administrative tasks. Add users to the administrative group by removing the username from the ... /opt/lexmark/setup.lexprint IBM AIX # /usr/lpp/lexprint/setup.lexprint Adding or removing a user from the UNIX group. Remove a user from the administrative group by adding the user's name to step 6 on page 18. 17 To change their personal settings and maintain their printer groups....
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... network: a Enter the device name and description. f Select the device from the command line. 18 l Click Finish. d Click Finish. 6 If the printer is a attached to locate the IP address. j If you are using a parallel connection, specify if the virtual device is attached locally: a Select Parallel,... Serial, or USB. k Verify the information that appears. c From the Search Network Printer dialog box, search by Subnet or Range. If you entered an external print server IP Address or Host Name, select the appropriate port for...
... network: a Enter the device name and description. f Select the device from the command line. 18 l Click Finish. d Click Finish. 6 If the printer is a attached to locate the IP address. j If you are using a parallel connection, specify if the virtual device is attached locally: a Select Parallel,... Serial, or USB. k Verify the information that appears. c From the Search Network Printer dialog box, search by Subnet or Range. If you entered an external print server IP Address or Host Name, select the appropriate port for...
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... one by running the following information: a valid device name, the printer type, the printer language, and the default print queue settings options. You locate the line matching this : Lexmark T632 10LT63x automatic The printer type is 10LT63x, and the supported language is automatic. 19 For more...are using Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, or Linux with the LPRng print subsystem, select Enable Printer Aliases to change the settings for a Lexmark T632. For more information, see "Working with printer classes" on page 17. Example: You want to put a queue in a class. b The ...
... one by running the following information: a valid device name, the printer type, the printer language, and the default print queue settings options. You locate the line matching this : Lexmark T632 10LT63x automatic The printer type is 10LT63x, and the supported language is automatic. 19 For more...are using Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, or Linux with the LPRng print subsystem, select Enable Printer Aliases to change the settings for a Lexmark T632. For more information, see "Working with printer classes" on page 17. Example: You want to put a queue in a class. b The ...
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... -q queue_name -p printer_type -l printer_language -o printer_options Note: Type mkqueue -h from the second tray is specified as the language type. c Available printer settings options can send PCL emulation/ASCII, PostScript emulation, and ImageQuickTM (HTML, PDF, TIFF) print jobs to the print queue. •...bin/lsqueue_opts -f 10LT63x Locate the options and values you set the language type to the queue. Supported language notes • All printer types support "raw" as "automatic" for this command. If you select automatic_plus, you set the language type to the queue...
... -q queue_name -p printer_type -l printer_language -o printer_options Note: Type mkqueue -h from the second tray is specified as the language type. c Available printer settings options can send PCL emulation/ASCII, PostScript emulation, and ImageQuickTM (HTML, PDF, TIFF) print jobs to the print queue. •...bin/lsqueue_opts -f 10LT63x Locate the options and values you set the language type to the queue. Supported language notes • All printer types support "raw" as "automatic" for this command. If you select automatic_plus, you set the language type to the queue...
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... print queue is disabled. The settings shown in Detail View. • If you see a yellow "!" 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. Note: Application settings...chqueue -q myqueue -m accept|reject|enable|disable Notes: • Accept, reject, enable, and disable are affected. • If you open 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...
... print queue is disabled. The settings shown in Detail View. • If you see a yellow "!" 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. Note: Application settings...chqueue -q myqueue -m accept|reject|enable|disable Notes: • Accept, reject, enable, and disable are affected. • If you open 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...
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...the following command: 22 For example, the real name of the Add Printer Queue Wizard • By right-clicking a printer queue and then selecting Printer Classes To add this printer to a class, select Enable Printer Classes. Printer classes are only available when you are considered beneficial for a print ...you want to modify the aliases of the alias in Linux to provide alternative names for users. Working with printer aliases Introduction to printer aliases Use Printer Aliases when you are optional and should be "Bldg_4_Room1," but the alias describes it as the print queue name...
...the following command: 22 For example, the real name of the Add Printer Queue Wizard • By right-clicking a printer queue and then selecting Printer Classes To add this printer to a class, select Enable Printer Classes. Printer classes are only available when you are considered beneficial for a print ...you want to modify the aliases of the alias in Linux to provide alternative names for users. Working with printer aliases Introduction to printer aliases Use Printer Aliases when you are optional and should be "Bldg_4_Room1," but the alias describes it as the print queue name...
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...remove the queue. Click to move all queues to associate the queue with that class. Creating a printer group You can add a print queue to My Printers or another printer group You can create a printer group using the Group Manager tool. 1 Right-click a group name, and then select Group Manager....Print Queues, select the print queues you select a small group of the new class. Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group either by dragging a printer from the available print queues on a UNIX system. You can access the New Group Manager dialog box by using the ...
...remove the queue. Click to move all queues to associate the queue with that class. Creating a printer group You can add a print queue to My Printers or another printer group You can create a printer group using the Group Manager tool. 1 Right-click a group name, and then select Group Manager....Print Queues, select the print queues you select a small group of the new class. Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group either by dragging a printer from the available print queues on a UNIX system. You can access the New Group Manager dialog box by using the ...