Owner manual

Using Your Printer in Linux
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MFP Ports Configuration
In this window, you can view the list of available MFP ports,
check the status of each port and release a port that is stalled
in busy state when its owner is terminated for any reason.
• Refresh : Renews the available ports list.
• Release port : Releases the selected port.
Sharing Ports Between Printers and Scanners
Your machine may be connected to a host computer via the
parallel port or USB port. Since the MFP device contains more
than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to
organize proper access of “consumer” applications to these
devices via the single I/O port.
The Xerox MFP driver package provides an appropriate port
sharing mechanism that is used by Xerox printer and scanner
drivers. The drivers address their devices via so-called MFP
ports. The current status of any MFP port can be viewed via the
MFP Ports Configuration. The port sharing prevents you from
accessing one functional block of the MFP device, while another
block is in use.
When you install a new MFP printer onto your system, it is
strongly recommended you do this with the assistance of an
MFP Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose I/O
port for the new device. This choice will provide the most
suitable configuration for MFP’s functionality. For MFP scanners
I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so
proper settings are applied by default.
Switches to
MPF ports
configuration.
Shows the port type,
device connected to
the port and status
Shows all of the
available ports.
Configuring Printer Properties
Using the properties window provided by the Printers
configuration, you can change the various properties for your
machine as a printer.
1 Open the MFP Configurator.
If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.
2 Select your machine on the available printers list and click
Properties .
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 and
name. The name entered in this tab displays on the
printer list in Printers configuration.
• Connection : allows you to view or select another port. If
you change the printer port from USB to parallel or vice
versa while in use, you must re-configure the printer port
in this tab.
• Driver : allows you to view or select another printer
driver. By clicking
Options , you can set the default
device options.
•
Jobs : shows the list of print jobs. Click Cancel job to
cancel the selected job and select the
Show completed
jobs
check box to see previous jobs on the job list.
• Classes : shows the class that your printer is in. Click
Add to Class to add your printer to a specific class or
click
Remove from Class to remove the printer from the
selected class.
4 Click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer
Properties Window.