Using Your Printer in Linux
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Uninstalling the Printer Driver
1
From the Startup Menu icon at the bottom of the desktop,
select
Linux Printer
and then
Configuration Tool
.
You can also access the Linux Printer Configuration window
by typing in “
linux-config
” from the Terminal screen.
2
In the Linux Printer Configuration window, select the
Uninstall
command from the
File
menu.
3
The Administrator Login window appears. Type in “
root
” in
the
Login
field and enter the system password. Click
Proceed
.
N
OTE
: You must log in as a super user (root) to uninstall the
printer software. If you are not a super user, ask your system
administrator.
4
A message window asking for confirmation to proceed with
the uninstallation appears. Click
Yes
.
5
Select
Complete uninstall
and then click
Uninstall
.
6
Click
OK
to begin uninstallation.
7
When the uninstallation is completed, click
Finished
.
Using the Configuration Tool
The configuration tool accesses administrative tasks, including
adding and removing new printers, and changing their global
settings. Regular users can also run it to easily inspect job
queues, examine printer properties and changing their local
preferences.
To access the Configuration Tool:
1
From the Startup Menu icon at the bottom of the screen,
select
Linux Printer
and then
Configuration Tool
. The
Linux Printer Configuration window appears.
You can also open this window from the Terminal screen by
typing in “
linux-config
.”
2
The Linux Printer Configuration
window shows a list of
installed printers in the left pane. The right pane shows a
number of tabs that display information regarding the
currently selected printer.
Select your printer driver, if not currently selected.
3
The
Info
tab shows general information about the printer.
If you are an Internet user, you can click
Go to the Web
page for this printer
to access the Xerox web page.
Click the
Job
tab to inspect and manage the job queue for
the selected printer. You can suspend, resume, or delete a
specific job(s) in the queue. If you drag a specific job(s),
you can drop it into the print queue of another printer.
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