There are six basic options you can set from the Print Drivers Setup dialog.
Note: The Print Drivers Setup is only available to the root user. |
If you do not have the interface available, you can set many of these options by using the command line.
/usr/local/dell/setup.dellprint
/opt/dell/setup.dellprint
/usr/lpp/dellprint/setup.dellprint
Note: For more details regarding this command, enter from the command line. |
Use this option to set the administrative group name. For more information about administrative groups, see Changing an administrative group name.
In order to view the help files for Print Drivers you must specify the web browser you are using.
Click File Setup.
Click Web Browser.
Select the appropriate web browser from the list. If your web browser is not listed, you can browse to the location of the web browser.
Click Next.
You can set the default paper size for all print jobs.
Note: Changing the default paper size does not affect the existing print queues. |
Click File Setup.
Click Paper Size.
Select the default paper size.
Note: The only options available are A4 and Letter. If you do not make a selection, Letter is used as the default. |
Click Next.
The Desktop Integration option allows you to add Print Drivers to, or remove them from, the menu bar.
Click File Setup.
Click Desktop Integration.
Select the menu integration option you want to use.
Click Next.
You can enable Asian driver support which allows you to print using the Asian Font DIMM.
Note: For Linux, this option allows the flexibility to print with or without the Asian Font DIMM. |
In order to use the Asian Drivers you must enable the Asian Drivers in the Print Drivers Setup, and then create a print queue for the Asian model.
To enable Asian Drivers:
Click File Setup.
Click Asian Drivers.
Select Enable Asian Drivers.
Click Next.
When you create print queues using Asian Drivers, you must specify a printer with Asian in the model name. For more information about creating print queues, see Creating a print queue.
If you are using Linux with CUPS you may encounter printing problems due to mime types controlling how to filter print jobs. In order for jobs to print correctly, you must remove this mime type, allowing the print jobs to filter properly.
Click File Setup.
Click CUPS.
Select Enable PCL Emulation Job Filtering.
Click Next.