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Phaser 3400 Personal Laser Printer
Linux Printing
Linux Printing
You can use your Phaser 3400 printer with a PC running Red Hat Linux 6.0 or higher.
You must install the Linux printer utility provided on the CD-ROM, then use the
X-Window System’s “printtool” to install and set up the printer driver. Do not use the root
user or manual installation to install the driver. The Phaser 3400 printer driver is
dependent upon the native driver shipped with your Linux RedHat OS.
Installing the printer driver
1.
Log in to Linux as Super User (root) account.
2.
Insert the Phaser 3400 printer’s CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
3.
Open a terminal window. For Gnome interface users, from
Utilities
, select
GNOME
terminal
.
4.
Mount your CD-ROM and run a script file:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/ cdrom cd /mnt/cdrom/en/linux ./install.sh
5.
Setup your print driver using printtool.
a.
Run the printtool program. From
program
, select
printtool
, and select
Run
. If
you get an error message regarding ncpfs, click
Ignore
to continue installing a
local printer.
b.
From the RedHat Linux Print System Manager, select
Add
, place a check mark in
the
Local printer
box under
Printer type
, then click
OK
.
c.
When the Auto-detection device dialog box indicates that
/dev/1p0
is
Detected
,
click
OK
.
d.
In the
Edit Local Print Entry
dialog box, use the defaults and click
Select
.
e.
For printer type, select
Xerox DocuPrint Series PCL5e Compatible
and click
OK
.
f.
In the
Edit Local Printer Entry
dialog box, click
OK
.
6.
At the end of installation, close RedHat's printtool by clicking the
X
in the upper
right-hand corner of the windows.
Your Xerox Printer will be the default printer (lp) for printing.
Printing in the X-Window System
A majority of the X-Window System’s applications offer the standard GUI interface of
File : Print
for the menu bar at the top of the active window. This will then spool the
document to the default printer — usually
dev/lp
— and the printer will then carry out the
job. More advanced printer controls are available via the terminal window in the
X-Window System or directly from the Linux shell.