Modifying Existing Printers
To delete an existing printer, select the printer and click the
Delete button on the toolbar. The printer will be
removed from the printer list. Click Apply
to save the changes and restart the printer daemon.
To set the default printer, select the printer from the printer list and
click the Default button on the toolbar. The
default printer icon 
appears in the first column of the printer list beside the default
printer.
If you want to modify an imported printer's settings, you cannot modify
its settings directly. You must override the printer. You can only
override an imported printer that has been imported using the alchemist
libraries. Imported printers have the 
symbol beside them in the first column of the printer list.
To override the printer, select the printer, and choose
=>
from the pulldown menu. After overriding a printer, the original
imported printer will have the 
symbol beside it in the first column of the printer list.
After adding your printer(s), you can edit settings by selecting the
printer from the printer list and clicking the
Edit button. The tabbed window shown in Figure 7-6 will appear. The window contains the current
values for the printer that you selected to edit. Make any changes, and
click OK. Click Apply in
the main Printer Configuration Tool window to save the changes
and restart the printer daemon.
Names and Aliases
If you want to rename a printer, change the value of Queue
Name in the Names and Aliases
tab. Click OK to return to the main
window. The name of the printer should change in the printer
list. Click Apply to save the change and
restart the printer daemon.
A printer alias is an alternate name for a printer. To add an alias
for an existing printer, click the Add button
in the Name and Aliases tab, enter the name of
the alias, and click OK. Click
OK again to return to the main window. Click
Apply to save the aliases and restart the
printer daemon. A printer can have more than one alias.
Queue Type
The Queue Type tab shows queue type that
you selected when adding the printer and its settings. You can change
the queue type of the printer or just change the settings. After
making modifications, click OK to return to the
main window. Click Apply to save the change and
restart the printer daemon.
Depending on which queue type you choose, you will see different
different options. Refer to the appropriate section on adding a
printer for a description of the options.
Driver
The Driver tab shows which print driver is
currently being used. This is the same list that you used when adding
the printer. If you change the print driver, click
OK to return to the main window. Click
Apply to save the change and restart the
printer daemon.
If you are having problems printing, try selecting a different driver
from this list and printing a test page. Some drivers might work
better than others for your printer.
Driver Options
The Driver Options tab displays advanced printer
options. Options vary for each print driver. Common options
include:
Send Form-Feed (FF) should be selected if
the last page of your print job is not ejected from the printer
(for example, the form feed light flashes). If this does not
work, try selecting Send End-of-Transmission
(EOT) instead. Some printers require both
Send Form-Feed (FF) and Send
End-of-Transmission (EOT) to eject the last page.
Send End-of-Transmission (EOT) if sending
a form-feed does not work. Refer to Send FF
above.
Assume Unknown Data is Text should be
selected if your print driver does not recognize some of the data
sent to it. Only select it if you are having problems printing. If
this option is selected, the print driver will assume that any
data that it can not recognize is text and try to print it as
text. If you select this option and Convert Text to
Postscript, the print driver will assume the unknown
data is text and then convert it to PostScript.
Prerender Postscript should be selected if you
are printing characters beyond the basic ASCII set but they are
not printing correctly (such as Japanese characters). This
option will prerender non-standard PostScript fonts so that they
are printed correctly.
If your printer does not support the fonts you are trying to
print, try selecting this option. For example, you should select
this option if you are printing Japanese fonts to a non-Japanese
printer.
Extra time is required to perform this action. Do not choose it
unless you are having problems printing the correct fonts.
Convert Text to Postscript is selected by
default. If your printer can print plain text, try unselecting
this when printing plain text documents to decrease the time it
takes to print.
Page Size allows you to select the paper
size for your printer such as US Letter, US Legal, A3, and A4.
Effective Filter Locale defaults to
. If you are printing Japanese
characters, select . Otherwise,
accept the default of .
If you modify the driver options, click OK to
return to the main window. Click Apply to save
the change and restart the printer daemon.
