Overview

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 drivers for your printer, click on the Drivers and Downloads link in the Related Content section 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 Installing the PPD on the Workstation CUPS supports the use of both the System V (lp) and Berkeley (lpr) printing commands. Printing from a Linux Workstation The Xerox ® print driver accepts a job ticket setting file that contains preset printing features You can submit print requests through the command line using lp/lpr For more information about Linux printing, in the Xerox ® print driver, click Help ( ? ). Note : If necessary, refer to the following for more information on How To Print a Saved or a Secure Print Job. If available, download the Xerox ® PPD for CUPS from the Drivers and Downloads page See the Related Content . 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. Follow the instructions that are included with the PPD. Verify that the CUPS daemon is running. Open a Web browser and type https://localhost:631/admin , then click Enter or Return . For User ID, type root For password, type the root password. Click Add Printer and follow the onscreen prompts to add the printer to the CUPS printer list. To print to a specific printer in System V, type: lp -dprinter filename , then click Enter . To print to a specific printer in Berkeley, type: lpr -Pprinter filename , then click Enter . Create a print queue If necessary, contact your System Administrator to create a queue if one is not available. With the required document or graphic open in your application, open the Print dialog box For most software applications, click File > Print , or press CTRL > P . Select the target print queue. To access the print time dialog of the Xerox print driver, click Print in the Linux print dialog box. Close the Print dialog box Note: If you close the dialog box in another way, the print driver dialog box is not accessible. In the Xerox print driver, select the available printer features. Click Print .