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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.

Note:
Please be sure to use the file name "brprintconflsr2" for the following products:
DCP-7010,DCP-7020,DCP-7025,DCP-8060,DCP-8065DN,FAX-2820,FAX-2920, HL-2030,HL-2040,HL-2070N,HL-5240,HL-5250DN,HL-5270DN, HL-5280DW,MFC-7220,MFC-7225N,MFC-7420,MFC-7820N, MFC-8460N,MFC-8660DN,MFC-8860DN,MFC-8870DW

Changing Print Settings

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

    brprintconf -P [Printer Name] [Option]
    or
    brprintconflsr2 -P [Printer Name] [Option]

    For example, the command to change the resolution and paper size settings for the HL1470N would be:
    brprintconf -P HL1470N -res 600 -pt A4

    For the HL2040 would be:
    brprintconflsr2 -P HL2040 -res 600 -pt A4



    NOTES:

    1.Please specify the "Printer Name" using capital letters, without a hyphen between alphabetical letters and numbers.
    i.e) HL5140

    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:

    features option parameter value
    Resolution -res [parameter] 300 300
    600 600
    1200* 1200*
    HQ1200* HQ1200*
    Paper Source -ps [parameter] MANUAL Manual
    MP MP Tray
    T1 Tray 1
    T2 Tray 2
    T3 Tray 3
    AUTO AutoSelect
    Duplex -dx [parameter] OFF Simplex
    ON Duplex
    Duplex Type -dxt [parameter] LONG Long
    SHORT Short
    Paper Type -pt [parameter] A4 A4
    LT Letter
    LGL Legal
    EXE Exective
    A5 A5
    A6 A6
    B5 B5
    B6 B6
    C5 C5
    DL DL
    COM-10 Com-10
    MONARCH Monarch
    Media -md [parameter] PLAIN PlainPaper
    THIN ThinPaper
    THICK ThickPaper
    THICKER ThickerPaper
    BOND BondPaper
    TRANS Transparencies
    ENV Envelopes
    ENV-THICK Env.Thick
    ENV-THIN Env.Thin
    Copies -cp [parameter] [1-999] 1-999
    Sleep -sp [parameter] PRINTER PrinterDefault
    [1-99] 1-99
    Toner Save Mode -ts [parameter] ON ON
    OFF OFF

    *Only for applicable models

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