Unix And Linux Printing - Xerox VersaLink B400 User Manual

UNIX and Linux Printing

The Xerox Print Driver package provides tools for you to manage printers connected in UNIX and
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Linux environments.
The Xerox ® print drivers provide a GUI-based driver dialog for printer feature selections. You can select
print drivers based on your operating system.
Xerox Printer Manager
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Xerox ® Printer Manager is an application that allows you to manage and print to multiple printers in
UNIX and Linux environments.
Xerox ® Printer Manager allows you to:
• Configure and check the status of network connected printers.
• Set up a printer on your network as well as monitor the operation of the printer once installed.
• Perform maintenance checks and view supplies status at any time.
• Provide a common look and feel across the many different suppliers of UNIX and Linux
operating systems.
Installing the Xerox
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Before you begin:
Ensure that you have root or superuser privileges to install Xerox
To install the Xerox ® Printer Manager:
1. Download the appropriate package for your operating system. To locate print drivers for your
printer, go to www.xerox.com/office/drivers.
2. On the print driver website, navigate to your printer model.
For your printer model, click Drivers & Downloads.
3.
4. From the Operating System menu, select your operating system.
5. To identify the print driver for your printer model, review the list of available print drivers.
For additional information on each driver, click Description.
Note:
6. To select the print driver for your printer model and operating system, click its name.
7. To begin the download, read the End User License Agreement, then click accept.
The file automatically downloads to the default location for your computer file downloads.
8. To install the Xerox
a. Open the package with your OS package manager.
b. To install using a command-line utility, change to the directory where you downloaded the file.
To run the installer, type the appropriate command-line utility for your operating system.
For example:
Red Hat: rpm -U
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• Debian-based Linux: dpkg -i
Printer Manager
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<filename>
.rpm
<filename>
® Printer Manager.
.deb
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