cdesktopenv/cde/doc/C/guides/usersGuide/ch09.sgm

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<chapter id="UG.Print.div.1">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.1">Printing</title>
<para>You can easily print files, find or cancel print jobs, and
get information about printers and print jobs through the desktop.
</para>
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<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.2">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.2">Your Default Printer</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>default printer</primary><secondary>definition of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>printer</primary><secondary>definition of default</secondary></indexterm>Your system may have more than
one printer that you can use for printing. One of the printers will be designated
as the <symbol role="Variable">default</symbol> printer. The default printer
is the printer that your desktop automatically uses if you submit a document
for printing and you don't specify a printer name. When you first open your
desktop, the default printer is shown in the Front Panel.</para>
<para>To find out how to display a printer other than your default printer
in the Front Panel, see <!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;To Change the Front
Panel Printer&xd3; on page&numsp;186'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.Print.mkr.9">.
</para>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.3" role="Procedure">
<title>To Determine the Default Printer</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>To find out the name of your default printer,
double-click the Default printer control in the Personal Printers subpanel
in the Front Panel.</para>
<para>This starts the Printer Jobs application. The name under the printer
icon is the name of your default printer.<indexterm><primary>default printer</primary><secondary>determining</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>printer</primary><secondary>determining the default</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.4" role="Procedure">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.3">To Change the Default Printer</title>
<indexterm><primary>default printer</primary><secondary>changing</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>printer</primary><secondary>changing the default</secondary></indexterm>
<para>To designate a different printer as the default
printer:</para>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Go to your home folder and open the file
<filename>.dtprofile</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Add or edit a line that sets a value for the LPDEST
environment variable:</para>
<programlisting>LPDEST=<symbol role="Variable">printer_device;</symbol> <command>export LPDEST</command>
</programlisting>
<para>If you are using <command>csh</command> the syntax is:
</para>
<programlisting>setenv LPDEST <symbol role="Variable">printer_device</symbol>
</programlisting>
</listitem></orderedlist>
<note>
<para>This change will take effect the next time you log out and back in again.
</para>
</note>
<para>For example, the following line would change the default printer to
the printer whose device name is <filename>laser3d</filename>.
</para>
<programlisting>LPDEST=laser3d; export LPDEST</programlisting>
<para>If you are using <command>csh</command> the syntax is:</para>
<programlisting>setenv LPDEST laser3d</programlisting>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.5">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.4">Printing Files</title>
<indexterm><primary>files</primary><secondary>types for printing</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>printing</primary><secondary>allowable file types</secondary></indexterm>
<para id="UG.Print.mkr.5">The desktop can print different types of files, as
listed in <!--Original XRef content: 'Table&numsp;9&hyphen;1'--><xref role="CodeOrFigureOrTable"
linkend="UG.Print.mkr.6">.</para>
<table id="UG.Print.tbl.1" frame="Topbot">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.6">Types of Data That Can Be Printed (Initial Configuration)</title>
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<thead>
<row><entry align="left" valign="bottom"><para><literal>Type of Data</literal></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="bottom"><para><literal>Data Type Requirement</literal></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="bottom"><para><literal>Description</literal></para></entry>
</row></thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Text file</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>File name ends with <computeroutput>.txt</computeroutput></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Text files containing ordinary (ASCII)
text data</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>PostScript</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>File name ends with <computeroutput>.ps,</computeroutput> or content is recognized as PostScript data</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>PostScript files</para><para>(requires
a PostScript printer)</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>PCL</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>File name ends with <computeroutput>.pcl,</computeroutput>or content is recognized as PCL data</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Printer Control Language files</para><para>(requires a PCL printer)</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Data</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Contains text data</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>The default data type assigned to
all files containing ASCII data that do not match other data types</para></entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></table>
<para>If applications are installed on your system that create other types
of files, your system administrator can add printing capabilities for them.<indexterm>
<primary>files</primary><secondary>types for printing &lt;$endrange></secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>printing</primary>
<secondary>allowable file types &lt;$endrange></secondary></indexterm></para>
<note>
<para>Ensure that your destination printer is capable of printing PostScript<superscript>
TM</superscript> or PCL files before you try to print them.</para>
</note>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.6">
<title>Submitting a File to a Printer</title>
<para>There are many ways to submit a file to a printer:</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Using the Front Panel</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Using File Manager</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Using Print Manager</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Using applications</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.7" role="Procedure">
<title>To Print Using the Front Panel</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Drag a single file or multiple files from File
Manager to the Printer control in the Front Panel or to a Printer icon in
the Personal Printers subpanel.</para>
<para>The system then displays a Print dialog
box for specifying print options. A Print dialog box appears for each file
you drag to the Printer control.</para>
<indexterm><primary>printing</primary><secondary>through the Front Panel</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Front Panel</primary><secondary>printing through</secondary></indexterm>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.1" entityref="UG.Print.fig.1"></graphic>
<note>
<para>pscolor will not show on your system. It is only included as an example
of a printer that has been added to a system.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Optional</emphasis>. Use the text fields
in the Print dialog box to set additional print options. (See <!--Original
XRef content: '&xd2;Setting Print Options Using the Print Dialog Box&xd3;
on
page&numsp;179'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.Print.mkr.7">.)
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Print dialog box to send the job
to the printer.<indexterm><primary>Front Panel</primary><secondary>printing
through &lt;$endrange></secondary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>printing</primary><secondary>through the
Front Panel &lt;$endrange></secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.8" role="Procedure">
<title>To Print Using File Manager</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select the file in File Manager.<indexterm>
<primary>File Manager</primary><secondary>printing using</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Print from the Selected menu or the file's
pop-up menu.</para>
<para>The system displays a Print dialog box for specifying various print
options.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><emphasis>Optional</emphasis>. Use the text fields
in the Print dialog box to set additional print options. (See <!--Original
XRef content: '&xd2;Setting Print Options Using the Print Dialog Box&xd3;
on
page&numsp;179'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.Print.mkr.7">.)
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Print dialog box to send the job
to the printer.<indexterm><primary>printing</primary><secondary>using File Manager</secondary></indexterm>
</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.9" role="Procedure">
<title>To Print Using Print Manager</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Start Print Manager from the Personal Printers
subpanel.<indexterm><primary>printing</primary><secondary>using Print Manager</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Drag a file from File Manager to a printer icon
in Print Manager.<indexterm><primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>printing
using</secondary></indexterm></para>
<para>In Print Manager, you can submit a document by dropping it on a printer
icon or into the jobs list area to the right of a printer.</para>
<note>
<para>If you submit a job to a printer that is down (flag is showing), it
may never be printed even though it appears in the jobs list.</para>
</note>
<para>The system displays a Print dialog box for specifying various print
options.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Optional</emphasis>. Use the text fields
in the Print dialog box to set additional print options. (See <!--Original
XRef content: '&xd2;Setting Print Options Using the Print Dialog Box&xd3;
on page&numsp;179'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.Print.mkr.7">.)
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Print dialog box to send the job
to the printer.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.10">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.7">Setting Print Options Using the Print Dialog Box</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>Print dialog box &lt;$startrange></primary></indexterm>The desktop displays the Print
dialog box when you print text, PCL, PostScript, and data files (see <!--Original
XRef content: 'Table&numsp;9&hyphen;1 on page&numsp;177'--><xref role="CodeOrFigOrTabAndPNum"
linkend="UG.Print.mkr.6">).</para>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.2" entityref="UG.Print.fig.2"></graphic>
<para>When application data files, such as word processor documents, are submitted
for printing, they may display their own unique Print dialog boxes.</para>
<para>The File Name field displays the name(s) of the file(s) to be printed.
The Printer Description field provides information about
the current printer selection.
</para>
<para>Use the Print dialog box to set these print options:<indexterm><primary>print options, setting</primary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>printing</primary><secondary>setting options for</secondary></indexterm>
</para>
<informaltable>
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<colspec align="left" colwidth="161*">
<colspec align="left" colwidth="350*">
<tbody>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Printer Name</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>The destination for the print job.
The text field initially displays the printer on which you dropped the data
file.</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Copies</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>The number of copies to print. The
default is 1.</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Send Mail When Done</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Requests that an email
notification be sent when your print job completes.</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Banner Page Title</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>A title to appear on the banner page.
The banner page is a sheet of paper that the printer prints before it prints
the first page of your document.</para></entry></row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Print Command Options</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Other options that change the way printing
is done. See the next section for more details on using this field.</para></entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
<para>To use a different printer, click the More Printers... button. The Select Printer
dialog box lists the currently available printers. Select the printer you want.
The name of the selected printer appears in the Printer Name field.
</para>
<sect3 id="UG.Print.div.11">
<title>Print Command Options</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>printing</primary><secondary>issuing print commands</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>print commands, issuing</primary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>commands</primary><secondary>issuing for
printing</secondary></indexterm>You can use the Print Command Options text
field in the Print dialog box to set other print options. Type the proper <command>lp</command> command flag in the text field for the print option you want
to use. To see a list of the <command>lp</command> command flags, type <command>man</command> <command>lp</command> in a Terminal window.</para>
<para>For example, one of the <command>lp</command> flags is <filename>-m</filename>.
This flag tells the print server to send you a mail message
that tells you when it is done printing your document. To use this flag
you would type <filename>-m</filename> in the Print Command Options field
of the Print dialog box. Then when your document is done printing, you will
see a message appear in your mailbox from the printer.<indexterm><primary>Print dialog box &lt;$endrange></primary></indexterm></para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.12">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.8">Printer Applications</title>
<para>After you submit a document (print job) for printing, you can use the
Print Manager or Printer Jobs applications to find out about the progress
of the printing. Printer Jobs gives you information about jobs on a single
printer. Print Manager shows all the printers that are on your system.
</para>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.13">
<title>Print Manager</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>window</secondary>
</indexterm>The Print Manager window is shown below. To find out how to modify
it, see <!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Changing the Print Manager Display&xd3;
on
page&numsp;187'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.Print.mkr.11">.
</para>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.3" entityref="UG.Print.fig.3"></graphic>
<sect3 id="UG.Print.div.14" role="Procedure">
<title>To Start Print Manager</title>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Click the Print Manager control
in the Personal Printers subpanel in the Front Panel.<indexterm><primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>starting &lt;$startrange></secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>starting</primary>
<secondary>Print Manager &lt;$startrange></secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.4" entityref="UG.Print.fig.4"></graphic>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para><emphasis>Or,</emphasis> double-click
the Print Manager icon in the Desktop_Apps group in Application Manager<indexterm>
<primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>starting &lt;$endrange></secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>starting</primary>
<secondary>Print Manager &lt;$endrange></secondary></indexterm>.</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.15">
<title>Printer Jobs Application</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>Printer Jobs</primary></indexterm>The Printer Jobs
application is the application you see when you open a single printer from
the Front Panel. The Printer Jobs application is a simplified version of
Print Manager that only shows a single printer instead of all the printers
on your system. The functions that are available inside Printer Jobs work
the same way as they do in Print Manager.</para>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.5" entityref="UG.Print.fig.5"></graphic>
<sect3 id="UG.Print.div.16" role="Procedure">
<title>To Start the Printer Jobs Application</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Printer control in the Front Panel.<indexterm>
<primary>Printer Jobs</primary><secondary>starting</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>starting</primary><secondary>Printer Jobs</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.6" entityref="UG.Print.fig.6"></graphic>
<para>The pscolor printer is only shown in the figure as an example of a printer
that has been added to a system. It will not be on your subpanel.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.17">
<title>Displaying Print Job Information</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>definition of</secondary>
</indexterm>Information about the jobs waiting to be printed on a printer
is displayed when you open a printer icon. A display area to the right of
the printer icon displays an icon for each of the jobs waiting to be printed
on it, and each job's position in line, job name, and owner.</para>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.18" role="Procedure">
<title>To Open a Printer Icon</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>displaying</secondary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>displaying</primary><secondary>print jobs</secondary></indexterm>There are three ways to open a printer:</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Click the Open [+] button to
the left of the printer icon.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select a printer, then choose Open from the Selected
menu or from the printer's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or
mouse button 3).</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Double-click the printer icon.</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>Your job will not appear in the Print Manager or Printer Jobs window
if there are no jobs waiting to be printed when you send your job to the
printer.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.19" role="Procedure">
<title>To Close a Printer Icon</title>
<para><indexterm><primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>hiding</secondary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>hiding</primary><secondary>waiting print
jobs</secondary></indexterm>Close a printer
if you don't want to see the jobs waiting to be printed on it.</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Click the Close [-] button to
the left of the printer icon.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select a printer, then choose Close from the Selected
menu or from the printer's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or
mouse button 3).</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.20" role="Procedure">
<title>To Find a Print Job</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Find from the Printers menu.<indexterm>
<primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>finding</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>finding</primary><secondary>print jobs</secondary></indexterm></para>
<para>Find is available in Print Manager but not in the Printer Jobs application.
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Type the name of the print job you want to find
in the Job Name field.</para>
<para>For example, typing <command>cat</command> will find all jobs that include
the fragment &ldquo;cat&rdquo; in their name, such as &ldquo;Catchall&rdquo;
and &ldquo;catalog,&rdquo; regardless of case.</para>
<para>To find jobs with the name &ldquo;cat&rdquo; only, you would select
Exact match.</para>
<para>To find only jobs that match your capitalization, deselect Ignore case.
</para>
<note>
<para>Find only finds print jobs that list you as the owner and it searches
all printers, even those that are not currently displayed.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Click Start Find.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Once you have found a job, you can go directly
to it in Print Manager or cancel it. To go to a found job, select the job
and click Goto. To cancel a found job, select it and click Cancel Print Jobs.
</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.21" role="Procedure">
<title>To Cancel a Print Job</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select a print job in the Print Manager or Printer
Jobs window.<indexterm><primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>canceling</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>canceling</primary><secondary>print jobs</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Cancel from the Selected menu or from the
print job's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or mouse button
3).</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.22">
<title>Print Job Properties</title>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Job name</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Job owner</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Job number</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Job size</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Time job submitted</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Date job submitted</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>The term &ldquo;not available&rdquo; may appear in some fields to
indicate that the print system is not supplying that information.</para>
</note>
<graphic id="UG.Print.igrph.7" entityref="UG.Print.fig.7"></graphic>
<sect3 id="UG.Print.div.23" role="Procedure">
<title>To Display Print Job Properties</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select a print job.<indexterm><primary>print
jobs</primary><secondary>displaying properties of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>displaying</primary><secondary>print job properties</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>properties</primary><secondary>of print jobs</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Properties from the Selected menu or the
print job's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or mouse button
3).</para>
<para>The properties are displayed.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.24">
<title>Printers and the Front Panel</title>
<para>The printer shown in the Front Panel is usually your default printer.
You can change it to another printer, or add a printer to the Personal Printers
subpanel.</para>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.25" role="Procedure">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.9">To Change the Front Panel Printer</title>
<note>
<para>This does not change your default printer assignment. To find out how
to change the default printer, see <!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;To Change
the Default Printer&xd3; on page&numsp;176'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum"
linkend="UG.Print.mkr.3">.</para>
</note>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Open the Personal Printers subpanel (by clicking
the arrow above the Printer control in the Front Panel) and verify that the
icon for the printer you want to move to the Front Panel appears.<indexterm>
<primary>printer</primary><secondary>changing the Front Panel</secondary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>Front Panel</primary><secondary>changing
the printer in</secondary></indexterm></para>
<para>If the printer is not in the Personal Printers subpanel, add it by following
the steps in <!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;To Add a Printer to the Personal
Printers
Subpanel'--><xref role="SectionTitle" linkend="UG.Print.mkr.10">.
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>In the subpanel, point to the printer icon you
want to add to the Front Panel and select Copy To Main Panel from the icon's
pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or mouse button 3).</para>
<para>To verify that the printer has been changed, double-click the Printer
control in the Front Panel and check the name of the icon in the Printer
Jobs window that appears.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.26" role="Procedure">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.10">To Add a Printer to the Personal Printers Subpanel</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Open the Personal Printers subpanel (by clicking
the arrow above the Printer control in the Front Panel).</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Start Print Manager.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Drag a printer icon from the Print Manager window
to the Install Icon control in the open subpanel.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.27">
<title id="UG.Print.mkr.11">Changing the Print Manager Display</title>
<para>This section describes how to change display parameters in Print Manager.
</para>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.28" role="Procedure">
<title>To Change How Printers and Print Jobs Are Displayed</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Set Options from the View menu.<indexterm>
<primary>printers</primary><secondary>display of in Print Manager</secondary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>printer
display in</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select how you want the print jobs represented:
</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Large Icon &ndash; Displays
printers and print jobs as large icons</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Small Icon &ndash; Displays printers and print
jobs as small icons</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Name Only &ndash; Displays printer and print jobs
as only text</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Details &ndash; Displays job owner, size, job number,
and the date and time each job was submitted</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Show Labels &ndash; Displays a description of each
details row to the left of the job list area<indexterm><primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>display of in Print Manager</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>display of print jobs in</secondary>
</indexterm></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>The term &ldquo;not available&rdquo; may appear in some fields to
indicate that the print server is not supplying that information</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.29" role="Procedure">
<title>To Change the Update Frequency</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Set Options from the View menu.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Adjust the interval gauge to specify how frequently
printers are queried for information about their print jobs. The default
is every 30 seconds.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.30" role="Procedure">
<title>To Determine Which Jobs Are Displayed</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Set Options from the View menu.<indexterm>
<primary>print jobs</primary><secondary>determining type in Print Manager
display</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Print Manager</primary>
<secondary>determining type of print jobs displayed</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select which jobs you want shown:</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Only Mine &ndash; Displays just
your print jobs</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Everyone's &ndash; Displays all print jobs</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.31" role="Procedure">
<title>To Display the Print Manager Message Line</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Set Options from the View menu.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select Message Line to display a message line at
the bottom of the Print<indexterm><primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>displaying message line in</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>displaying</primary><secondary>message line in Print Manager</secondary></indexterm>
Manager window.</para>
<para>The message line shows the number of printers on your system and the
number that are currently hidden. It also presents messages telling you
when printer updates are being done.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.32" role="Procedure">
<title>To Display the Print Manager Problem Flag</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Set Options from the View menu.<indexterm>
<primary>Print Manager</primary><secondary>problem flag</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>displaying</primary><secondary>Print Manager problem flag</secondary>
</indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select Problem Flag to have a flag icon displayed
next to printers when a problem is found with one of them.</para>
<para>For more information on the problem, you can double-click the Flag icon.
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.33" role="Procedure">
<title>To Determine Which Printers Are Shown</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Choose Modify the Show List from the View menu.
</para>
<para>Printers that are visible in the Print Manager window have highlighted
names.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click a non-highlighted printer to make it visible
in the Print Manager window.</para>
<para>Click a highlighted printer to remove it from the main window. You can
also use Select All to show all the printers or Deselect All to hide all
the printers.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="UG.Print.div.34">
<title>Printer Properties</title>
<para>The following properties can be displayed:</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Icon label</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Icons</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Description</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Printer queue</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Printer queue status</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Device name</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Device status</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.35" role="Procedure">
<title>To Show a Printer's Properties</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select a printer in the Print Manager window
or the printer in the Printer Jobs window.<indexterm><primary>printers</primary>
<secondary>displaying properties of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>displaying</primary><secondary>printer properties</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Properties from the Selected menu or from
the printer's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or mouse button
3).</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.36" role="Procedure">
<title>To Change a Printer's Icon</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select a printer.<indexterm><primary>printers</primary><secondary>changing icon of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>icons</primary><secondary>changing for printer</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>changing</primary><secondary>printer icon</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Properties from the Selected menu or from
the printer's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or mouse button
3).</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click Find Set.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the new icon you wish to use.</para>
<para>If the icon you want is not visible, choose another folder from the
Icon Folders menu. This dialog box will only display icons that have a complete
set of all three sizes.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>After you have selected an icon, click OK.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Properties dialog box.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="UG.Print.div.37" role="Procedure">
<title>To Change a Printer's Icon Label</title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Select a printer.<indexterm><primary>printers</primary><secondary>changing label of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>labels</primary><secondary>changing for printer</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>changing</primary><secondary>printer label</secondary></indexterm></para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Properties from the Selected menu or from
the printer's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or mouse button
3).</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Type the new icon label in the Icon Label field.
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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