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If a printer is Offline (turned off or disconnected from the network), Bi-Di communication is not going to work and so printer features and defaults cannot be set correctly. You have to get the printer back online and seen by the server before you can continue. If a duplexer or tray is not being detected correctly, it's usually a physical problem: check that the duplexing unit or tray is installed and seated correctly. If a duplexer cannot be detected correctly, then the device Installable Options must be set manually.
Xerox WorkCentre 7132 exception
This model of printer cannot be detected by the Xerox Global Print Driver (X-GPD), so we have to set its features manually. First, on the Configuration tab, Bi-Di must be off, the Refresh Rate won't matter, and Job Notification should be off. Next, on the Options tab, under Device Options, choose the dropdown listbox next to Configuration and select Xerox WorkCentre 7232. After applying this change, back on the Configuration tab, use the Installable Options button to set the features for this particular device. For most 7132s on campus, the correct features are: Paper Trays: 4; High Capacity Feeder: Not Installed; Finisher/Output Tray: Integrated Office Finisher; Hole Punch Unit: Not Installed; LAN Fax: Not Installed.
X-GPD Printing (driver) defaults
Once the printer driver, model, communications, and features are set correctly, then you can select printer default settings, which have to be set in the correct places. First, on the Advanced Tab, we do not change any of these settings except: for GoPrint-managed printers. as in the fake department SCIC, or PaperCut-managed printers, turn off "Enable advanced printing features". (For all printers not managed by GoPrint or PaperCut, leave this on for extra functionality.) Now, from the Advanced tab, choose the Printing Defaults button. The dialog boxes you see here from here on are driver-specific; for the X-GPD driver, you see 4 tabs. Choose the Advanced tab and expand the settings under Document Options-> Paper/Output. If there is a setting for Banner Page, turn it off; if there is a setting for Job Identification, change it to Disable Job ID (which turns the banner page off).
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Once the printer driver, model, communications, and features are set correctly, then you can select printer default settings, which have to be set in the correct place. First, on the Advanced Tab, we do not change any of these settings except: for GoPrint-managed printers. as in the fake department SCIC, or PaperCut-managed printers, turn off "Enable advanced printing features". (For all printers not managed by GoPrint or PaperCut, leave this on for extra functionality.) Now, from the Advanced tab, choose the Printing Defaults button. The dialog boxes you see here from here on are driver-specific; for the HPUPD, you see 8 tabs. Choose the Printing Shortcuts tab. You can choose duplex in the Print on both sides: textbox: choose Yes, flip over. It is appropriate to set duplex as the default for all networked printers (unless an operator has specified otherwise) , and for any other printer whose Comments textbox on the General tab ends with a notation that this printer should be set to duplex by default. (That choice was made by the printer operator.) Right under that, make sure the Paper type: textbox is Unspecified; anything else will cause unwanted prompts for different papers.
Printer driver: Canon iR-ADV C5051 PostScript
Current version: 20.52.0.0, dated April 21, 2011
On all Canon MFDs, we are using the latest Canon PS (PS = PostScript) driver, with its ability to dynamically detect the printer's features using Bi-Directional communication (via SNMP). Therefore, first detect the current settings: on the Device Settings tab, choose the Get Device Status button at the bottom. You will see the immediate communication with the device; after you acknowledge the OK button, all the options on this tab will be up-to-date.
Next you need to select the types of paper that can be fed from the multi-purpose tray; i.e., all of them. Without this, users will not be able to choose paper types like Labels, Heavy, Envelope, Transparency, so the Canon will not handle those papers correctly. On the Device Settings tab, choose the Form to Tray Assignment button; with Multi-Purpose Tray selected in the Paper Source section at top, select each of the options under Paper Type until they are all selected. If asked if you're sure, answer Yes. Choose OK then Apply. Here's how to check your work: in the next section when you're setting the Printing (driver) defaults, on the Paper Source tab, if you change "Select by:" to "Paper Type", then choose the Settings button, you should see all the paper types. Be careful not to leave this tab this way: change "Select by:" back to "Paper Source", and make sure the default is Auto.
If a printer is Offline (turned off or disconnected from the network), Bi-Di communication is not going to work and so printer features and defaults cannot be set correctly. You have to get the printer back online and seen by the server before you can continue. If a duplexer or tray is not being detected correctly, it's usually a physical problem: check that the duplexing unit or tray is installed and seated correctly. If a duplexer cannot be detected correctly, then the device options must be set manually. You can see a list of the installed options on the PostScript config page, described here .
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Once the printer driver, model, communications, and features are set correctly, then you can select printer default settings, which have to be set in the correct place. First, on the Advanced Tab, we do not change any of these settings except: for GoPrint-managed printers. as in the SCIC, or PaperCut-managed printers, turn off "Enable advanced printing features". (For all printers not managed by GoPrint or PaperCut, leave this on for extra functionality.) Now, from the Advanced tab, choose the Printing Defaults button. The dialog boxes you see here from here on are driver-specific; for the CC5051, you see 6 tabs.
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