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Introduction
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Current version on print.ads.carleton.edu: 5.347433.6.0, dated Dec 1June 30, 20132015
(32- and 64-bit, PCL6 and 5 versions available but PostScript works better with Adobe apps, )
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Current version on print.ads.carleton.edu: 61.160175.01.1750818849, dated Jan 31, 2014October 16, 2015 (repost of July 28, 2015 driver)
(32- and 64-bit, PostScript and PCL5 versions available but HP printers use PostScript emulations that don't always work with Adobe apps, earliest LaserJet model supported is 4100, not 4, 5M, 4000, 4050)
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On HP printers with powered envelope feeders, we have received some reports that the type of media in the feeder is not being detected correctly, so a prompt to load Letter in the feeder appears. The fix appears to be to change the default media in the feeder: on the Device Settings tab, in the "Form to Tray Assignment" section, change Envelope Feeder to Envelope #10. We are also aware that printing from the envelope feeder may be very slow unless you change another setting: on the Print tab, from the menu at left choose "Adjust Paper Types", then scroll down the list to find Envelope. Change its Print Mode setting to Normal Mode; the Resistance Mode and Humidity Mode should already be Normal Mode.
PCL5 Exception
One HP LaserJet printer on campus has to use the alternative PCL5 driver, instead of the usual PCL6 driver, in order to print forms correctly from Colleague. That print queue is LEIG109-LJM602 (and its backup, LEIG128-LJM602). The PCL5 Universal Print Driver is downloaded from the same location at the same time as the PCL6 driver; however, its internal version number is frequently lower.
Printer driver: Canon iR-ADV C5051 PostScript
Current version on print.ads.carleton.edu: 21.1055., dated Jan 24October 5, 20142015
On all Canon MFDs, we are using a recent 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.
CC5051 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 place. First, on the Advanced Tab, we do not change any of these settings except: for PaperCut-managed printers, turn off "Enable advanced printing features". (For the few printers not managed by 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 7 tabs.
Choose the Basic Settings tab. You have the option to change the duplex default: under 1-sided/2-sided/Booklet Printing:, choose 2-sided Printing. 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.) For a few Canon MFDs, there will be dual queues: a BLDGRoom-CC5051 queue for color, and a BLDGRoom-Gray-CC5051 queue to either default to grayscale (b&w) printing, or even force it. You set this in the Printing Defaults on the Basic Settings tab, where Color Mode must be set to Black and White for a default-b&w or grayscale only queue.
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Printer driver: (Lanier) Ricoh Universal Print Driver PostScript
Current version on print.ads.carleton.edu: 4.3.0.0 dated Mar 25, 2014
On all Lanier and Ricoh devices, we are using a recent Ricoh Universal Printer Driver PS (PS = PostScript), with its ability to dynamically detect the printer's features using Bi-Directional communication, via SNMP.(Note that this driver is named poorly; it shows up in a list of drivers as ""PS Driver for Universal Print", with little indication that it's for Ricoh and Lanier devices.) Therefore, the first settings to check are that Bi-Di is on, the model was detected correctly, and the printer features were detected correctly.
On the Accessories tab, make sure that "Select Model" at the top is set to auto, then choose the Update Now button. This will retrieve the printer's installed options and tray settings. At the bottom, leave "Automatically Update Printer Information" checked.
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 you're not sure if the printer is really offline or not, look it up in /wiki/spaces/itskb/pages/26119478 CentreWare Web (CWW)–when CWW agrees that it's offline, then there is definitely a network communications problem that must be fixed. If an option a duplexer or tray is not being detected correctly, it's usually a physical problem: check that the option duplexing unit or tray is installed and seated correctly. If an option a duplexer cannot be detected correctly, then the device options must be set manually, from looking at the options on an identical device.
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. You can see a list of the installed options on the PostScript config page, described here .
CC5550 and 6555 Printing (driver) defaults
(to be completed)
...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 PaperCut-managed printers, turn off "Enable advanced printing features". (For the few printers not managed by 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 7 tabs.
Choose the Basic Settings tab. You have the option to change the duplex default: under 1-sided/2-sided/Booklet Printing:, choose 2-sided Printing. 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.) For a few Canon MFDs, there will be dual queues: a BLDGRoom-CC5051 queue for color, and a BLDGRoom-Gray-CC5051 queue to either default to grayscale (b&w) printing, or even force it. You set this in the Printing Defaults on the Basic Settings tab, where Color Mode must be set to Black and White for a default-b&w or grayscale only queue....