Printing features 105
4. Special features
1Open an application, and select Print from the File menu
2 Select Print directly using lpr.
3 In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your
machine from the printer list and click Properties.
4 Change the print job properties using the following four tabs
displayed at the top of the window.
•General: Changes the paper size, the paper type, and the
orientation of the documents. It enables the duplex
feature, adds start and end banners, and changes the
number of pages per sheet.
•Text: Specifies the page margins and set the text options,
such as spacing or columns.
•Graphics: Sets image options that are used when printing
image files, such as color options, image size, or image
position.
•Advanced: Sets the print resolution, paper source, and
destination.
5 Click Apply to apply the changes and close the Properties
window.
6 Click OK in the LPR GUI window to start printing.
7 The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the
status of your print job.
To abort the current job, click Cancel.
Printing files
You can print many different types of files on your machine using the
standard CUPS, dire ctly from the command line interface. The CUPS
lpr utility allows you to do that, but the driver’s package replaces the
standard lpr tool by a much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.
To print any document file:
1Enter lpr <file_name> from the Linux shell command line and
press Enter. The LPR GUI window appears.
When you type only lpr and press Enter, the Select file(s) to
print window appears first. Just select any files you want to
print and click Open.
2 In the LPR GUI window, select your machine from the list, and
change the print job properties.
3 Click OK to start printing.