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:
   
   brprintconf_(model name)   -P   [Printer Name]   [Option]
   
   For example, the command to change the resolution and paper size settings for the HL4040CN would be:
   
   brprintconf_hl4040cn   -P   HL4040CN   -BRResolution   Normal   -Paper   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.
   3. For a full list of print settings, please refer to the table below:
      
   
   

   Function	Command	Parameter
   Media	-MediaType [parameter]	Plain	Plain Paper
   		Think	Thin Paper
   		Thick	Thick Paper
   		THICKER	Thicker Paper
   		BOND	Bond Paper
   		Recycled	Recycled Paper
   		Env	Envelope
   		Env Thin	Envelope Thin
   		Env Thick	Envelope Thick
   		PostCard	PostCard
   		Label	Label
   Resolution	-BRResolution [parameter]	Normal
   		CAPT	2400dpi class
   Mirror Print	-BRMirror [parameter]	OFF
   		ON
   Paper Type	-Paper [parameter]	A4
   		Letter
   		Legal
   		Executive
   		A5
   		A6
   		ISOB5
   		ISOB6
   		B5	JIS-B5
   		EnvDL	DL Envelope
   		EnvC5	C5 Envelope
   		Env10	#10 Envelope
   		EnvMonarch	Monarch Envelope
   		Br3x5	3 x 5
   		BrA4Long	A4Long
   		FanFoldGermanLegal
   		EnvPRC5Rotated	prc5 Envelope
   		PostCard
   Paper Source	-InputSlot [parameter]	AutoSelect	Auto Select
   		Tray1	Tray1
   		Tray2	Tray2
   		MPTray	Multi Purpose Tray
   		Manual	Manual Select
   Color Or Mono	-BRMonoColor [parameter]	Auto
   		FullColor
   		Mono
   Color Match	-BRColorMatching [parameter]	MatchMonitor
   		VividText
   		None
   Enhanced Black Printing	-BREnhanceBlkPrt [parameter]	OFF
   		ON
   Brightness	-BRBrightness [parameter]	[-20 - +20]
   Contrast	-BRContrast [parameter]	[-20 - +20]
   Red Key	-BRRed [parameter]	[-20 - +20]
   Green Key	-BRGreen [parameter]	[-20 - +20]
   Blue Key	-BRBlue [parameter]	[-20 - +20]
   Saturation	-BRSaturation [parameter]	[-20 - +20]
   Impove Gray	-BRGray [parameter]	OFF
   		ON
   Toner Save Mode	-TonerSaveMode [parameter]	OFF
   		ON
   Reverse	-BRReverse [parameter]	OFF
   		ON
   Duplex	-Duplex [parameter]	None
   		Tumble
   		DuplexNoTumble

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