Linux printing
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4. Special features
Linux printing
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Printing from applications
There are a lot of Linux applications that allow you to print using
Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). You can print on your
machine from any such application.
1
Open an application, and select
from the
File
menu
2
Select
directly using lpr.
3
In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your
machine from the printer list and click
Properties
.
4
Change the print job properties using the following four tabs
displayed at the top of the window.
•
General:
Changes the paper size, the paper type, and the
orientation of the documents. It enables the duplex
feature, adds start and end banners, and changes the
number of pages per sheet.
•
Text:
Specifies the page margins and set the text options,
such as spacing or columns.
•
Graphics:
Sets image options that are used when printing
image files, such as color options, image size, or image
position.
•
Advanced
:
Sets the print resolution, paper source, and
destination.
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
.
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Printing files
You can print many different types of files on your machine using the
standard CUPS, directly from the command line interface. The CUPS
lpr utility allows you to do that, but the driver’s package replaces the
standard lpr tool by a much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.
To print any document file:
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