Printing with ps driver, Printing files, Configuring printer properties – Samsung SCX-5835FN-XAR User Manual

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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.

3.

The Printer Properties window opens.

The following five tabs display at the top of the window:

General:

This option allows you to change the printer location and

name. The name entered in this tab displays on the printer list in
Printers configuration

.

Connection:

This option allows you to view or select another port. If

you change the machine port from USB to parallel or vice versa

while in use, you must re-configure the machine port in this tab.

Driver:

This option allows you to view or select another machine

driver. By clicking Options, you can set the default device options.

Jobs:

This option shows the list of print jobs. Click Cancel job to

cancel the selected job and select the Show completed jobs check

box to see previous jobs on the job list.

Classes:

This option shows the class that your machine is in. Click

Add to Class

to add your machine to a specific class or click

Remove from Class

to remove the machine from the selected

class.

4.

Click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties

window.

PRINTING WITH PS DRIVER

PS printer driver is provided on the supplied software CD.
If you select Typical installation for a local printer or Typical installation
for a network printer

when installing machine’s driver, PS driver will

automatically be installed. (See "Installing USB connected machine’s driver"

on page 3 or "Installing network connected machine’s driver" on page 2.)

After installing the memory module, you need to select it in the printer

properties of the PostScript printer driver in order to use it. (See

"Activating the added accessories in PS printer properties" on

page 3.)

1.

Open the document you want to print.

2.

Select Print from the File menu. The Print window appears. It may look

slightly different depending on your application.
The basic print settings are selected within the Print window. These

settings include the number of copies and print range.

3.

Select your machine’s PS driver from the Select Printer list.

To take advantage of the printer features provided by your printer

driver, click Properties or Preferences in the application’s Print

window to change the print setting. (See "Understanding PS

driver’s Printing Preferences" on page 13.)

4.

To start the print job, click OK or Print in the Print window.

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