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Changing the Print settings of the Brother LPR Driver

This document explains the commands used to change the print settings for your printer in a Linux environment, using the Brother LPR driver. You can change a number of settings, for example paper size, resolution, copies, etc , by passing the parameters in a terminal.

Changing Print Settings

  1. Open a terminal and log in as root .
  2. The Print settings can be modified using the command:

    brprintconfcl1 -P [Printer Name] [Option]

    For example, the command to change the resolution and paper size settings for the MFC-9420CN would be:

    brprintconfcl1 -P MFC9420CN -reso 600 -pt A4


    NOTES:

    1. Specify the matched name from the following.

    2.You can modify more than one setting at a time by leaving a space between the parameters.
  1. For a full list of print settings, please refer to the table below:

    Function Command Parameter  
    Media -md[parameter] PLAIN PlainPaper
    THIN ThinPaper
    THICK ThickPaper
    THICKER ThickerPaper
    TRANS Transparencies
    RECY RecycledPaper
    Resolution -reso[parameter] 600 600
    2400 2400
    MirrorPrint -mirror OFF OFF
    ON ON
    PaperType -pt[parameter] A4
    		 A4
    LT Letter
    LGL Legal
    EXE Exective
    B5 JISB5
    B5 B5
    COM'-10 Com'-10
    DL DL
    PaperSource -feed [parameter] AUTO AutoSelect
    TRAY1 Tray1
    TRAY2* Tray2*
    MANUAL Manual
    Copies -copy [parameter] [1-999] 1-999
    ColorOrMono -corm[parameter] MONO Mono
    FULLCOLOR FullColor
    BLACKCYAN BlackCyan
    BLACKMAGENTA BlackMagenta
    BLACKYELLOW BlackYellow
    ColorMatch -cm [parameter] MATCHMONITOR
    		 MatchMonitor
    VIVID Vivid
    NONE None
    Brightness -brit [parameter] N (-20<=N<=20)  
    Contrast -cont [parameter] N (-20<=N<=20)  
    RedKey -red [parameter] N (-20<=N<=20)  
    GreenKey -green [parameter] N (-20<=N<=20)  
    BlueKey -blue [parameter] N (-20<=N<=20)  
    CAPT -capt OFF OFF
    ON ON
    ImpoveGray -impg OFF OFF
    ON ON
    EnBlkPrinting -ebp OFF OFF
    ON ON
    Saturation -saturation N (-20<=N<=20)  
    TonerSaveMode -tsm OFF OFF
    ON ON
    SleepTime -slt N (-20<=N<=20)  
    LandscapeAdjustment -adj NORMAL Normal
    ADJUST Adjust

    *Tray2 is an option.

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