Printing
Xerox
®
WorkCentre
®
7800/7800i Series Color Multifunction Printer 151
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
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
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
.
