Dell 5130cdn Color Laser Printer Manuel d'utilisation

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To print to other printers:

To print to a printer named dell5130cdn, type as follows.

% lp -d dell5130cdn filename

NOTE:

The name of the printer can be confirmed by executing lpstat -v.

To change the default printer temporarily for printing:

To change the default printer, set the printer name in the environment variable LPDEST.

To set a printer named dell5130cdn as the default printer for printing, type as follows.

% setenv LPDEST dell5130cdn

% lp filename

NOTE:

Using this method, a default printer can be set up for each user.

NOTE:

The above example describes the setup method executed when cache is used.

To select a paper tray for printing:

To select a paper tray for printing, specify the paper tray after the -y option of the lp command.

NOTE:

Depending on installed options, the available paper trays are different.

To select and print to a letter size paper of the printer named dell5130cdn with landscape, specify as follows.

% lp -d dell5130cdn -y landscape -y letter filename

The following options can be specified by the lp command.

To print text files:

NOTE:

It prints according to the length and width specified by the lpadmin command.

-y double

Sets printing to 2-column printing.

-y landscape

Rotates the image by 90° and uses the paper in the landscape orientation.

-y size= n

Sets the font size to n point.

-y outcolumn= n

This option converts text to single-byte text and sets printing to start from the nth column.

-y outline=n

Sets printing to start from the nth line.

-y font= font

Sets the font for printing single-byte alphanumeric characters. If the font specified is not available for the

printer, the default fonts are used.

NOTE:

To specify a font, type the font name as-is after the -y font= option.

% lp -y font=Courier-Oblique filename

NOTE:

For information on the available fonts, see the PS Fonts List.

-y margin=u:b:r:l

Specifies the margin of a page in inches. The u (upper margin), b (bottom margin), r (right margin), and l

(left margin) are positive real numbers (up to two decimal points). The default is 0.

-y ps

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