Konica Minolta Magicolor 7300, Reference Manual

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Advantages and Features
! Manages printers more easily than the CUPS web-based system.
! Allows you to see and choose from printers available on the network.
! Can be started at the command line or from applications. The name of
the file to print can be chosen by a built-in file browser or be given as a
command line argument. Standard input can also be printed.
! No need to remember and type cryptic command line arguments to
access printer features. Feature options are easily chosen from a dia-
log window.
!
Allows you to use advanced features of most PostScript printers such
as duplex units and additional media trays, without using proprietary
software.
!
Preprocessing options for your documents such as choosing the
pages to print, setting brightness and gamma correction, and appear-
ance of text or image printouts.
! Compatible with many of the command line tools of CUPS. It accepts
the command line options of lpr and most command line options of lp.
Installation Steps
The following steps are for quick reference only. For more detailed
instructions, see the documentation provided with each application.
Installing PDQ
1
Download the source distribution from http://pdq.sourceforge.net/.
2
Gzip the file.
3
Untar the file.
4
As root, go to the pdq directory formed from untarring the file.
5
Type ./configure, and then press Enter .
6
Type make, and then press Enter .
7
Type make install, and then press Enter .
8
Type cp/etc/pdq/printrc.example /etc/pdq/printrc, and then press Enter .
Adding A Printer
See the steps described in "Adding A Printer" in the XPDQ section.
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