Setting The Default Queue; Specifying The Printing Options - Dell S2810dn User Manual

For network connections:
Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and click Continue.
a
Type the IP address of the printer in Connection, and click Continue.
b
Format: lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
Select Dell Printer S2810dn from the Local Printers menu, and click Continue.
a
5 Type the name of the printer in the Name box in the Add Printer window, and click Continue.
You can optionally specify the location and description of the printer for further information.
6 Select Dell Printer S2810dn vx.x PS from the Model menu, and click Add Printer.
The setup is complete.
Printing From the Applications
When you have finished setting up the queue, you can print jobs from the applications. Start the print job from the
application, and specify the queue in the print dialog box.
However, sometimes you can print only from the default queue depending on the application (for example Mozilla).
In these cases, before you start printing, set queue you want to print to as the default queue. For information on
specifying the default queue, see "Setting the Default Queue."

Setting the Default Queue

1 Select Applications System Tools  Terminal.
2 Type the following command in the terminal window.
su
(Type the administrator password)
lpadmin -d (Type the queue name)

Specifying the Printing Options

You can specify the printing options such as 2-sided printing.
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop:
1 Open the URL "http://localhost:631" using a web browser.
2 Click Administration.
3 Click Manage Printers.
4 Click the queue name for which you want to specify the printing options.
5 Select Set Default Options from the Administration menu.
6 Click the desired setting item, specify the required settings, and click Set Default Options.
The message Printer xxx default options have been set successfully. appears.
The setting is complete.
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