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Printer Drivers for UNIX & Linux Systems
2008 www.lexmark.com
http://www.lexmark.com
ContentsLearning about the printer drivers.................................................7
Using the printer drivers with UNIX and Linux............................................................................................................7
Installing the printer drivers............................................................8Before 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 Hat, Red Flag, Linpus, or SUSE Linux..........................................................................................11
Installing on Linspire, Debian, or Ubuntu Linux.......................................................................................................11
Installing on Sun Solaris SPARC......................................................................................................................................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..............................................................................15Opening the printer driver...............................................................................................................................................15
Print Drivers Setup..............................................................................................................................................................15Administrative Group.................................................................................................................................................................... 15Web Browser..................................................................................................................................................................................... 15Paper Size .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15Desktop Integration....................................................................................................................................................................... 16Asian Drivers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 16CUPS .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Changing an administrative group name..................................................................................................................16
Adding or removing a user from the administrative group................................................................................17
Creating virtual devices.....................................................................................................................................................17Before creating virtual devices .................................................................................................................................................. 17Creating virtual devices using the Device Manager .......................................................................................................... 17Creating virtual devices from the command line................................................................................................................ 18
Creating a print queue.......................................................................................................................................................19Creating print queues using the Add Print Queue Wizard.............................................................................................. 19Creating print queues from the command line................................................................................................................... 19
Changing the print queue status...................................................................................................................................20
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Changing the print queue properties..........................................................................................................................21
Working with printer aliases............................................................................................................................................22Introduction to printer aliases.................................................................................................................................................... 22Creating a print queue with an alias ........................................................................................................................................ 22Displaying the alias of a print queue ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Working with printer classes...........................................................................................................................................22Introduction to printer classes ................................................................................................................................................... 22Creating a class ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23Adding to a class ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23Removing a queue from a class................................................................................................................................................. 23
Managing printer groups.................................................................................................................................................23Creating a printer group .............................................................................................................................................................. 23Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group..................................................................................... 23Removing a printer group ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Printing from the command line...................................................................................................................................24
Printing a file.........................................................................................................................................................................25
Printing a test page.............................................................................................................................................................25
Printing a duplex job..........................................................................................................................................................26
Printing multiple pages on one sheet..........................................................................................................................26
Printing multiple copies of a document.....................................................................................................................26
Changing the orientation of a print job......................................................................................................................27
Changing the Lines Per Page setting...........................................................................................................................27
Defining the printable area when printing text files..............................................................................................27
Using the Print and Hold setting......................................................................................