Printing From A Linux Workstation; As/400 - Xerox Phaser 7100 System Administrator Manual

Printing from a Linux Workstation

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.
Note: For complete information on CUPS printing capabilities, see the CUPS Software Users
Manual available at www.cups.org/documentation.php.
Installing the Xerox PPD on the workstation
The Xerox PPD for CUPS is available on the Xerox website. Download the file and follow the instructions
that come with it.
Download the latest UNIX .ppd from the Support page of the Xerox website.
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2. Copy the .ppd on your 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.
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Adding the Xerox 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.
In User ID, type root. For password, type the root password.
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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.
To print to a specific printer in System V, type: lp -dprinter filename, then click Enter.
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2. To print to a specific printer in Berkeley, type: lpr -Pprinter filename, then click Enter.

AS/400

Xerox provides Work Station Customization Object (WSCO) files to support AS/400 or Iseries, V5R2 or
later. The WSCO is a file that provides printer-specific PCL codes that the host print transform uses to
select the correct tray, 2-sided option, font size and type, and orientation.
The XTOOLSxxxx library provides a source WSCO for each supported Xerox
download and install the library once.
Notes:
• The host print transform only works on files that are of the type AFPDS and SCS. PIDS
formatted printer files must be recreated as type AFPDS to use the WSCO for printing.
• You must have IOSYSCFG permissions to create a device description or a remote queue.
• For details on AS/400, refer the IBM AS/400 Printing V, (Red Book), available on the IBM
website.
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