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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 ... 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 Size ...15...
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 ... 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 Size ...15...
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...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 ...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 printer driver...31 Removing plugins from the printer driver...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility from the...
...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 ...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 printer driver...31 Removing plugins from the printer driver...31 Using the Plugin Manager utility from the...
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... 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 Trademarks 41 Edition notice...41 UNITED...
... 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 Trademarks 41 Edition notice...41 UNITED...
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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. •...-Administrators can use wizards to help set up virtual devices and print 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. • ...
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. •...-Administrators can use wizards to help set up virtual devices and print 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. • ...
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... an administrative group name" on page 16. If you have enough disk space available for your host, you might want to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. For more information, see the file /usr/lexprint/docs/supported-platforms....you have an administrative group on AIX is "bin." The default administrative group on the print server to use that group as the printer driver administrative group. Supported operating systems Make sure you are running one of the following versions of UNIX with root user authority. 2 Make...
... an administrative group name" on page 16. If you have enough disk space available for your host, you might want to install the printer drivers package" on page 13. 3 Set up an administrative user group. For more information, see the file /usr/lexprint/docs/supported-platforms....you have an administrative group on AIX is "bin." The default administrative group on the print server to use that group as the printer driver administrative group. Supported operating systems Make sure you are running one of the following versions of UNIX with root user authority. 2 Make...
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... is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on appears in /opt to install the printer driver. System requirements The printer driver has minimum installation space requirements. Make sure there are installing on page 13. 3 Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-hpux11.11.pkg.gz) from the list...
... is not enough disk space in /opt/lexmark to install, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" on appears in /opt to install the printer driver. System requirements The printer driver has minimum installation space requirements. Make sure there are installing on page 13. 3 Download the Lexmark printer driver package (print-drivers-hpux11.11.pkg.gz) from the list...
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... available. Installing on IBM AIX 1 Read "Before installing the printer drivers" on page 31. 10 For more information, 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 standard package.
... available. Installing on IBM AIX 1 Read "Before installing the printer drivers" on page 31. 10 For more information, 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 standard package.
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... more information about finding more information, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" 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...
... more information about finding more information, see "Finding space to install the printer drivers package" 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...
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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. Note: You must install all the packages in the same location. 12 Note: You must set the OPENWINHOME ... individual packages, type each package number separated by a comma, and then press Enter. 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. # gunzip...
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. Note: You must install all the packages in the same location. 12 Note: You must set the OPENWINHOME ... individual packages, type each package number separated by a comma, and then press Enter. 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. # gunzip...
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... smit rpm -e dpkg -r pkgrm 13 Removing the printer drivers package A system administrator can also type the names of printer drivers in a particular directory. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be in /opt/lexmark, type: # ln -s /disk2/lexmark /opt/lexmark 3 Continue with your operating system. For example, to...see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to quit. Finding space to install the printer drivers package Some operating systems require you to the directory you want to remove from the directory...
... smit rpm -e dpkg -r pkgrm 13 Removing the printer drivers package A system administrator can also type the names of printer drivers in a particular directory. Note: Your specific printer driver may not be in /opt/lexmark, type: # ln -s /disk2/lexmark /opt/lexmark 3 Continue with your operating system. For example, to...see "Plugin Manager utility (software updates)" on your Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to quit. Finding space to install the printer drivers package Some operating systems require you to the directory you want to remove from the directory...
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... than one package. By default, the printer drivers are installed in either of the printer drivers packages, you may be located in these locations, do not remove directories shared by running the following locations: • Solaris /opt/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers /var/spool/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers • HP-UX /opt/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers /usr/spool/lp/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers • Linux /usr/local...
... than one package. By default, the printer drivers are installed in either of the printer drivers packages, you may be located in these locations, do not remove directories shared by running the following locations: • Solaris /opt/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers /var/spool/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers • HP-UX /opt/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers /usr/spool/lp/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers • Linux /usr/local...
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...list. If you do not have the interface available, you can type lexprint -n. 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... program, it opens in user mode, they can set many of the web browser. 4 Click Next. Performing tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, or from the command line by default. Administrative Group Use this command, enter setup.lexprint...
...list. If you do not have the interface available, you can type lexprint -n. 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... program, it opens in user mode, they can set many of the web browser. 4 Click Next. Performing tasks Opening the printer driver The printer driver is available from a Windows menu item, or from the command line by default. Administrative Group Use this command, enter setup.lexprint...
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Desktop Integration The Desktop Integration option allows you must specify a printer with or without the Asian Font DIMM. To enable Asian Drivers: 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click Asian Drivers. 3 Select Enable Asian Drivers. 4 Click Next. CUPS If you are using Linux with CUPS you may encounter ... information about creating print queues, see "Creating a print queue" on all systems except AIX is "bin." Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who have permission to use . 4 Click Next. In order to add and remove queues from , the...
Desktop Integration The Desktop Integration option allows you must specify a printer with or without the Asian Font DIMM. To enable Asian Drivers: 1 Click File Setup. 2 Click Asian Drivers. 3 Select Enable Asian Drivers. 4 Click Next. CUPS If you are using Linux with CUPS you may encounter ... information about creating print queues, see "Creating a print queue" on all systems except AIX is "bin." Changing an administrative group name The printer driver uses UNIX groups to separate those who have permission to use . 4 Click Next. In order to add and remove queues from , the...
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... and the physical device file name Creating virtual devices using the Device Manager 1 Open the printer driver. 2 Click Device Manager. 3 Click Add. 4 Click Network Attached Printer or Locally Attached Printer. For information about changing the Administrative UNIX group name, see "Changing an administrative group name...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 UNIX group...
... and the physical device file name Creating virtual devices using the Device Manager 1 Open the printer driver. 2 Click Device Manager. 3 Click Add. 4 Click Network Attached Printer or Locally Attached Printer. For information about changing the Administrative UNIX group name, see "Changing an administrative group name...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 UNIX group...
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... the printer driver, click Add Print Queue Wizard. 2 From the list of your printer. For more information about printer aliases, see "Changing the print queue properties" on page 17. For more information, see "Working with the LPRng print subsystem, select Enable Printer Aliases to put a queue in a class. You locate the line matching this : Lexmark T632...
... the printer driver, click Add Print Queue Wizard. 2 From the list of your printer. For more information about printer aliases, see "Changing the print queue properties" on page 17. For more information, see "Working with the LPRng print subsystem, select Enable Printer Aliases to put a queue in a class. You locate the line matching this : Lexmark T632...
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...Application settings override any other jobs sent to perform. Specify only one side of the paper. 21 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. However, if ...-m accept|reject|enable|disable Notes: • Accept, reject, enable, and disable are affected. • If you open the printer driver as an administrator, your printer may support an optional duplex unit. To change the status of a print queue within the Icon View, and by changing the ...
...Application settings override any other jobs sent to perform. Specify only one side of the paper. 21 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. However, if ...-m accept|reject|enable|disable Notes: • Accept, reject, enable, and disable are affected. • If you open the printer driver as an administrator, your printer may support an optional duplex unit. To change the status of a print queue within the Icon View, and by changing the ...
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... following command: # lpr -P queue_name -C "lexopts:print_hold=confidential pin_no=pin" file_name Note: Not all the copies, the Verify job is a default PIN for the printer driver; For example, you may be four digits. To use the confidential Print and Hold function from the Held Jobs menu. See the... copies. Using the Print and Hold setting When sending a job to the printer, you can print the job. • Select Verify to print one else using the printer can hold a job in the printer memory using the printer driver. When you are ready to retrieve it, and it appears in the Job...
... following command: # lpr -P queue_name -C "lexopts:print_hold=confidential pin_no=pin" file_name Note: Not all the copies, the Verify job is a default PIN for the printer driver; For example, you may be four digits. To use the confidential Print and Hold function from the Held Jobs menu. See the... copies. Using the Print and Hold setting When sending a job to the printer, you can print the job. • Select Verify to print one else using the printer can hold a job in the printer memory using the printer driver. When you are ready to retrieve it, and it appears in the Job...
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Removing a print queue From the icon view 1 Right-click the icon for the printer 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 Device Manager table. Removing a virtual device 1 Click Device... removed if a print queue is currently associated with it. You can create a new virtual device by clicking Add Device. 5 Click OK. From the printer driver 1 Click Remove Print Queue. 2 Select the print queues you want to remove a device that you try to delete. 2 Right-click, and then ...
Removing a print queue From the icon view 1 Right-click the icon for the printer 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 Device Manager table. Removing a virtual device 1 Click Device... removed if a print queue is currently associated with it. You can create a new virtual device by clicking Add Device. 5 Click OK. From the printer driver 1 Click Remove Print Queue. 2 Select the print queues you want to remove a device that you try to delete. 2 Right-click, and then ...
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... You can maintain plug-ins from the printer driver The Remove option allows you to uninstall a selected plugin. 1 Click File Software Update. 2 From the list, select the plugin you can also remove a print queue from http://downloads.lexmark.com. A confirmation dialog appears. It ... if you remove it. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to uninstall. 3 Select Remove. Note: The queue must restart the application for added device support. Note: Your specific printer driver may be run from the directory. Removing plugins from the command line...
... You can maintain plug-ins from the printer driver The Remove option allows you to uninstall a selected plugin. 1 Click File Software Update. 2 From the list, select the plugin you can also remove a print queue from http://downloads.lexmark.com. A confirmation dialog appears. It ... if you remove it. Check the Software and Documentation CD or the Lexmark Web site to uninstall. 3 Select Remove. Note: The queue must restart the application for added device support. Note: Your specific printer driver may be run from the directory. Removing plugins from the command line...
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... queues from the command line? Note: You can I used to print to add or remove a print queue? Three different icons may appear on the printer in the icon view. A print queue I find the command line options for this queue. Why can customize the print properties for a print queue? ... These jobs are stored in yellow. No, but are not printed. The detail view shows the queue in the queue but you must open the printer driver as a disabled queue might reject print jobs, just as an administrator. 33 From this dialog, you use the lexlp in applications such as Mozilla...
... queues from the command line? Note: You can I used to print to add or remove a print queue? Three different icons may appear on the printer in the icon view. A print queue I find the command line options for this queue. Why can customize the print properties for a print queue? ... These jobs are stored in yellow. No, but are not printed. The detail view shows the queue in the queue but you must open the printer driver as a disabled queue might reject print jobs, just as an administrator. 33 From this dialog, you use the lexlp in applications such as Mozilla...