User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- User Guide
- 1 Safety
 - 2 Getting Started
- Parts of the Printer
 - Power Options
 - Accessing the Printer
 - Introduction to Apps
 - Information Pages
 - The Embedded Web Server
 - Installation and Setup
 - Connecting the Printer
- Selecting a Connection Method
 - Connecting to a Computer Using USB
 - Connecting to a Wired Network
 - Connecting to a Wireless Network
- Configuring the Printer for a Wireless Network
 - Installing the Wireless Network Adapter
 - Removing the Wireless Network Adapter
 - Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network at the Control Panel
 - Configuring the Primary Network at the Control Panel
 - Resetting Wireless Settings
 - Connecting to a Network with a Wi-Fi Protected Setup
 - Connecting to Wi-Fi Direct
 
 - Initial Printer Setup
 - Configuring AirPrint
 - Configuring Google Cloud Print
 
 - Installing the Software
 - More Information
 
 - 3 Customize and Personalize
 - 4 Xerox® Apps
 - 5 Printing
- Printing Overview
 - Selecting Printing Options
 - Printing Features
- Viewing, Printing, or Deleting Jobs
 - Printing Special Job Types
 - Selecting Paper Options for Printing
 - Scaling
 - Printing on Both Sides of the Paper
 - Print Quality
 - Image Options
 - Image Shift
 - Color Adjustments
 - Printing Mirror Images
 - Printing Multiple Pages to a Single Sheet
 - Printing Booklets
 - Selecting Finisher Options
 - Selecting Mailbox Options
 - Using Special Pages
 - Printing Watermarks for Windows
 - Orientation
 - Printing Banner Pages
 - Selecting Job Completion Notification for Windows
 
 - Using Custom Paper Sizes
 
 - 6 Paper and Media
- Paper and Media Overview
 - Supported Paper
- Recommended Media
 - Ordering Paper
 - General Paper Loading Guidelines
 - Paper That Can Damage Your Printer
 - Paper Storage Guidelines
 - Supported Paper Types and Weights
 - Supported Paper Types and Weights for Automatic 2-Sided Printing
 - Supported Standard Paper Sizes
 - Supported Standard Paper Sizes for Automatic 2-Sided Printing
 - Supported Custom Paper Sizes
 - Changing Paper Settings
 
 - Loading Paper
 - Printing on Special Paper
 
 - 7 Maintenance
- General Precautions
 - Cleaning the Printer
 - Adjustments and Maintenance Procedures
 - Supplies
 - Managing the Printer
 - Moving the Printer
 
 - 8 Troubleshooting
 - A Specifications
 - B Regulatory Information
- Basic Regulations
 - Material Safety Data Sheets
 
 - C Recycling and Disposal
 
 
• Configure and check the status of network connected printers.
• Set up a printer on your network and monitor the operation of the printer once installed.
• Perform maintenance checks and view supplies status at any time.
• Provide a common look and feel across the many different suppliers of UNIX and Linux operating
systems.
Installing Xerox
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Printer Manager
Before you begin, ensure that you have root or superuser privileges to install Xerox
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Printer Manager.
To install Xerox
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Printer Manager:
1. Download the appropriate package for your operating system. To locate print drivers for your
printer, go to www.xerox.com/office/VLC500drivers.
2. On the print driver website, navigate to your printer model.
3. For your printer model, click Drivers & Downloads.
4. From the Operating System menu, select your operating system.
5. To identify the print driver for your printer model, review the list of available print drivers.
Note: For additional information on each driver, click Description.
6. To select the print driver for your printer model and operating system, click the print driver name.
7. To begin the download, read the End User License Agreement, then click Accept.
The file automatically downloads to the default location for your computer file downloads.
8. To install the Xerox
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Print Driver package:
a. Open the package with your OS package manager.
b. To install using a command-line utility, change to the directory where you downloaded the
file. To run the installer, type the appropriate command-line utility for your operating system.
For example:
• Red Hat: rpm -U <filename>.rpm
• Debian-based Linux: dpkg -i <filename>.deb
• AIX: rpm -U <filename>.rpm
• HPUX: <filename>.depot.gz
• Solaris: pkgadd -d <filename>.pkg
Note: Most installations create a Xerox directory in /opt/Xerox/prtsys. For additional
information about utilities included in the OS package manager, refer to the manual
included with the package. For example, man xeroxprtmgr.
Launching Xerox
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Printer Manager
To launch Xerox
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Printer Manager, do one of the following tasks.
• For UNIX, log in as root. From a terminal window, type xosdprtmgr, then press Enter or Return.
• For Linux, type sudo xeroxprtmgr, then press Enter or Return.
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