Using Your Printer in Linux36Configuring Printer PropertiesUsing the properties window provided by the Printersconfiguration, you can change the various properties for yourmachine as a printer.1 Open the Unified Driver Configurator.If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.2 Select your machine on the available printers list and clickProperties.3 The Printer Properties window opens.The following five tabs display at the top of the window:•General: allows you to change the printer location andname. The name entered in this tab displays on theprinter list in Printers configuration.•Connection: allows you to view or select another port. Ifyou change the printer port from USB to parallel or viceversa while in use, you must re-configure the printer portin this tab.•Driver: allows you to view or select another printerdriver. By clicking Options, you can set the defaultdevice options.•Jobs: shows the list of print jobs. Click Cancel job tocancel the selected job and select the Show completedjobs check box to see previous jobs on the job list.•Classes: shows the class that your printer is in. ClickAdd to Class to add your printer to a specific class orclick Remove from Class to remove the printer from theselected class.4 Click OK to apply the changes and close the PrinterProperties Window.Printing 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.
