Print from a Linux Workstation

To provide printer spooling and network print server functionality, UNIX-based printing uses LPD/LPR port 515 or lp to port 9100. Xerox printers can communicate using either protocol.

To print from a Linux workstation, install either a Xerox print driver for Linux or a CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) print driver. You do not need both drivers.

Xerox recommends that you install one of the full-featured custom print drivers for Linux. To locate drivers for your printer, go to the Xerox support website.

If you use CUPS, ensure that CUPS is installed and running on your workstation. The instructions for installing and building CUPS are contained in the CUPS Software Administrators Manual, written and copyrighted by Easy Software Products. For complete information on CUPS printing capabilities, refer to the CUPS Software Users Manual available from www.cups.org/documentation.php.

Install the PPD File on the Workstation

1. On the Xerox Support website, from the Drivers and Downloads page, download the Xerox PPD for CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System).

2. Copy the PPD file into the CUPS ppd/Xerox folder on your workstation. If you are unsure of the location of the folder, use the Find command to locate the PPD files.

3. Follow the instructions that are included with the PPD file.

Add the Printer

1. Verify that the CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) daemon is running.

2. Open a Web browser, type https://localhost:631/admin, then press Enter or Return.

3. For User ID, type root. For password, type the root password.

4. Click Add Printer, then follow the onscreen prompts to add the printer to the CUPS printer list.

Print with CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)

CUPS supports the use of both the System V (lp) and Berkeley (lpr) printing commands.

1. To print to a specific printer in System V, type lp -dprinter filename, then press Enter.

2. To print to a specific printer in Berkeley, type lpr -Pprinter filename, then press Enter.