Printing Reference
Windows
Menus
Dialog Boxes
(Print Manager only)
(Print Manager only)
Print Manager Window
There are three areas on the main window:
Menu bar
This is the top area where the Print Manager
menus are located. Note that the Selected menu
is only active when one icon is selected.
Work area
This area, also known as the "view" is where printers and print jobs
are shown.
Message line
The message line is below the work area. It provides
three types of information:
How many printers you can send print jobs to
How many printers are hidden from your view
Whether only your print jobs are displayed in the view
The message may also display when the printer information is being updated.
Printer Jobs Window
There are three areas on the main window:
Menu bar
This is the top area where the Printer Jobs pulldown
menus are located. Note that the selected menu
is only active when one icon is selected.
Work area
This area, also known as the "view", is where printers and print jobs
are shown.
Message line
The information line is below the work area. It gives
you two types of information:
The printer status
The message line may also display when the printer information is being updated.
Printer Object
This icon represents a printer that your system knows about.
The problem flag is displayed when the printer has a problem,
such as a paper jam. The flag is also displayed when your system
can not communicate with a remote printer. Double-click
on this icon for more information.
The plus (+) button is used to open a closed printer icon. Click to
show this printer's jobs. Only available in Print Manager.
The minus (-) button is used to close an opened printer icon. Click to
hide this printer's jobs. Only available in Print Manager.
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Print Job Object
This icon represents a print job, a file that was sent to a printer.
Print Jobs cannot be opened or dragged.
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Set Options Dialog Box
Representation
Large Icon
Displays printers and print jobs as large icons
Small Icon
Displays printers and print jobs as small icons
Name Only
Displays printers and print jobs as only text
Details
Displays job owner, size, job number, and date and time each job
was submitted
Show Labels
Displays a description of each details row to the left of the
job list area
Jobs to Show
Only Mine
Displays just your print jobs
Everyone's
Displays all print jobs
Status
Problem Flag
Displays the problem flag icon
in the Print Manager
or Printer Jobs window when a problem with
a printer is detected.
Message Line
Displays the message line at the bottom of the
Print Manager or Printer Jobs main window.
Updates
Interval
Specifies how frequently Print Manager or Printer Jobs
queries printers for information about their
print jobs.
Buttons
OK
Applies your changes and closes the dialog box
Apply
Applies your changes and leaves the dialog box displayed
Cancel
Cancels a print job
Help
Displays help for this dialog box
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Find Print Jobs Dialog Box
This is only available in Print Manager.
Search Criteria
Job Name
Enter the name of the job you want to find.
For example, cat will find all jobs that
include the fragment cat in their name,
such as "cat" and "catalog".
Ignore case
To only find jobs with the
same capitalization, deselect Ignore Case.
Exact match
Select this to only find jobs that exactly match
the name you enter. Otherwise, all jobs that
contain the string you entered will be displayed.
Note that if you run this as the root user, the default is
to search all print jobs. To narrow the search to just your
jobs, select "Only Root Jobs."
Search Results Area
Print Jobs Found
Displays the jobs found that match the name you entered.
Goto
Locates and displays the job
that is selected in the Print Jobs Found area
of the Print Manager main window. This is not
active unless a print job is selected.
Cancel Print Jobs
Cancels
one or more print jobs selected in the Print Jobs Found area.
Buttons
Start Find
Starts the search
Stop Find
Cancels the search. This may take a few moments.
Close
Closes the dialog box
Help
Displays help for this dialog box
See Also
Modify the Show List Dialog Box
Printer List
Displays the list of printers found on your system
Select All
Selects all the printers displayed in the printer list
Deselect All
Deselects all the printers displayed in the printer list
OK
Saves the changes you made and closes the dialog box
Apply
Saves the changes you made and leaves the dialog box displayed
Cancel
Cancels any changes you may have made and closes the dialog box
Help
Displays help for this dialog box
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Printer Properties Dialog Box
Icon Label
Displays the name of the printer
that will be displayed beneath the icon in the
main window. You can change this name.
Icons
The set of icons that will be used to represent
your printer.
Find Set
Displays the Find Set dialog box to enable you to change the
icons used to represent your printers.
Description
Displays a description of the printer. Useful for storing the
printer's location, contact, and type of printer.
Printer Queue
Displays the name of your printer queue and its status.
Device Name
Displays the device name of your printer and its status.
OK
Saves the changes you made and closes the dialog box.
Cancel
Ignores any changes you may have made and closes the dialog box.
Help
Displays help for this dialog box.
See Also
Print Job Properties Dialog Box
Name
Displays the name of the print job. This is an identification field
and won't necessarily contain the
document name. Different kinds of information may appear in this field
depending on the kind of print server you use and the program you
use to send the document to the printer. Some values that may appear are:
STDIN.XXXXX(where the X's are numbers), the banner,
Quename+job number, the file name, or the full pathname of the document.
Number
Displays the job number assigned by the queue program when a
print job is sent to a printer. The job number stays the same
until the job is printed. A job's position
number shows the job's position in line for printing. This number changes as
the job moves up the line.
Owner
Displays the owner of the print job.
Size
Displays the size of the print job.
Time
Displays the time the file was sent to the printer.
Date
Displays the date the file was sent to the printer.
The term "not available" may appear in some fields to indicate
that the print server is not supplying that information.
Related Topics:
Find Set Dialog Box
Icon Folders
List of folders containing icons.
Icons
Displays the icons found in the icon folder
that you can choose to represent your printers.
Note: This dialog box will only display icons
that have a complete set of all three sizes.
OK
Uses the icon set you choose and closes the dialog box.
Cancel
Closes the dialog box without making any changes to the
set of icons you will use to represent your printers.
Help
Displays help for this dialog box.
Cancel Print Job Dialog Box
This dialog box is displayed when you have selected Cancel from the
Selected menu or from a print job's pop-up menu.
Yes
Confirms the cancellation of the print job
No
Stops the cancellation of the print job
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Print Dialog Box
This dialog box is displayed while you are submitting
a document to a printer.
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.
Use the Print dialog box to set these print options:print options, setting
printingsetting options for
Printer Name
The destination for the print job.
The text field initially displays the printer on which you dropped the data
file.
Copies
The number of copies to print. The
default is 1.
Send Mail When Done
Requests that an email notification be sent when your print job
completes.
Banner Page Title
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.
Print Command Options
Other options that change the way printing is done. Type the proper
lp command flag in the text field for the print
option you want to use. To see a list of the lp
command flags, type man lp in a
Terminal window.
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.
The Print Dialog Box buttons are:
Print
Sends the file to the printer.
Cancel
Closes the dialog box without printing the file.
Help
Displays help for this dialog box.
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