Samsung ML-3470 Series User Manual

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Using Your Printer in Linux31Printing a DocumentPrinting from ApplicationsThere are a lot of Linux applications that you are allowed toprint from using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Youcan print on your machine from any such application.1 From the application you are using, select Print from theFile menu.2 Select Print directly using lpr.3 In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of yourmachine from the Printer list and click Properties.4 Change the printer and print job properties.Click.The following four tabs display at the top of the window.•General - allows you to change the paper size, the papertype, and the orientation of the documents, enables theduplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changesthe number of pages per sheet.•Text - allows you to specify the page margins and set thetext options, such as spacing or columns.•Graphics - allows you to set image options that are usedwhen printing images/files, such as color options, imagesize, or image position.•Device: allows you to set the print resolution, papersource, and destination.5 Click Apply to apply the changes and close the Propertieswindow.6 Click OK in the LPR GUI window to start printing.7 The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor thestatus of your print job.To abort the current job, click Cancel.Printing FilesYou can print many different types of files on the Samsungmachine device using the standard CUPS way - directly fromthe command line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you dothat. But the drivers package replaces the standard lpr tool bya much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.To print any document file:1 Type lpr from the Linux shell commandline and press Enter. The LPR GUI window appears.When you type only lpr and press Enter, the Selectfile(s) to print window appears first. Just select any filesyou want to print and click Open.2 In the LPR GUI window, select your printer from the list,and change the printer and print job properties.For details about the properties window, see page 31.3 Click OK to start printing.