Launching xerox® printer manager, Printing from a linux workstation, Installing the ppd on the workstation – Xerox WorkCentre 7970-2606 User Manual

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Printing

Xerox

®

WorkCentre

®

7970 Multifunction Printer 139

System Administrator Guide

Launching Xerox

®

Printer Manager

To launch Xerox

®

Printer Manager from a terminal window prompt as root, type

xeroxprtmgr, then press

Enter or Return.

Printing from a Linux Workstation

To print from a Linux workstation, install either a Xerox

®

print driver for Linux or a CUPS print driver. You

do not need both drivers.

Xerox recommends that you install one of the full-featured custom print drivers for Linux. To locate

drivers for your printer, see

www.xerox.com/office/drivers

.

If you use CUPS, ensure that CUPS is installed and running on your workstation. The instructions for

installing and building CUPS are contained in the

CUPS Software Administrators Manual, written and

copyrighted by Easy Software Products. For complete information on CUPS printing capabilities, refer to

the

CUPS Software Users Manual available from

www.cups.org/documentation.php

.

Installing the PPD on the Workstation

1.

Download the Xerox

®

PPD for CUPS from the Drivers and Downloads page on the Xerox

®

Support

website.

2.

Copy the PPD into the CUPS ppd/Xerox folder on your workstation. If you are unsure of the location

of the folder, use the Find command to locate the PPD files.

3.

Follow the instructions that are included with the PPD.

Adding the Printer

1.

Verify that the CUPS daemon is running.

2.

Open a Web browser and type http://localhost:631/admin, then click Enter or Return.

3.

For User ID, type root. For password, type the root password.

4.

Click Add Printer and follow the onscreen prompts to add the printer to the CUPS printer list.

Printing with CUPS

CUPS supports the use of both the System V (lp) and Berkeley (lpr) printing commands.
1.

To print to a specific printer in System V, type: lp -dprinter filename, then click Enter.

2.

To print to a specific printer in Berkeley, type: lpr -Pprinter filename, then click Enter.

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