Ricoh user code Linux

[swcopiadoras]

Can i configure user code in print driver on linux enviroment (ubuntu, red hat, etc..)?

tks!

[allan]

Re: Ricoh user code Linux

Yes you need to edit it into the description file. Goto >> OpenPrinting | The Linux Foundation for help i did it about 2 years back. Did not take to much to get it done. All i remember i got all the info from 301 Moved Permanently

Worked on 3025 and 1515

[swcopiadoras]

Re: Ricoh user code Linux

thanks for help! it works

i' ve only a problem printing doucments from web pages , 1 minute to print 2 pages , the proccess is too slow. .pdf / .doc (with no much images)/ .xls are normal.

[allan]

Re: Ricoh user code Linux

thanks for help! it works

i' ve only a problem printing doucments from web pages , 1 minute to print 2 pages , the proccess is too slow. .pdf / .doc (with no much images)/ .xls are normal.

Well that is postscript for u. Make sure CUPS is up to date.

[omorales]

Re: Ricoh user code Linux

What if my Printer Model is not Listed in the Database?
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> Also See FAQ "Does the Ricoh ... work?"
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> 1. If your printer supports Postscript 3, you can download and extract the .PPD files from Windows XP driver.
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> 2. If your printer supports Postscript, use Generic PostScript driver.
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> 3. If your printer supports PCL-XL, use Generic PCL6/PCL XL driver.
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> 4. If your printer supports PCL 5c, use Generic PCL 5c driver
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> 5. If your printer supports PCL 5e, use Generic PCL 5e driver.
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> 6. If the printer feature you need is not supported by Generic driver, post a question on Ricoh family forum
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> What are UserCodes? How do I use UserCodes under Linux?
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> UserCodes in the Ricoh sense allow the user to send a job to the printer and have the printer track the print to a specific device configured code. These codes are configured in the printer in advance.
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> In some environments, printers are configured in a way that forces the user to send jobs with UserCodes or they cannot print. This is designed to allow the tracking of printed documents. This if often the case on Color and Black / White combination devices, where they want to allow Black / White printing, but track Color. If the printer is set to restrict based on user codes, and you send it a job without one, the printer will discard the job, with "Authentication Error"
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> There are three approaches to specify a UserCode.
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> Save as default print preference (applies to every job you print) lpoptions -l printername -o UserCode=xxx
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> *) When run as root, default settings of the print queue apply to all users and the preferences are stored in /etc/cups/lpoptions
> *) When run as a regular user, default settings of the print queue apply to only that user and the preferences are stored in ~/.cups/lpoptions
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> Hard code UserCode in the driver PPD file.
> Three sample user codes (1001, 1002 and 1003) are built into each PPD file. To replace a sample user code with your own, you can edit the PPD file manually, or run a simple shell command. > cat ricohppdfile.ppd | sed "s/1001/1234/g" > newricohppdfile.ppd This command replaces user code "1001" with "1234" and generates new PPD file newricohppdfile.ppd. You can then create printer queue with the generated PPD file.
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> Specify the option when printing from command line -o UserCode=xxxx
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> UserCode can be used in conjunction with JobType=LockedPrint/SamplePrint/DocServer. If you do not plan to use those features, leave JobType=Normal, LockedPrintPassword=None and DocServerPassword=None.
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> You MUST also install the latest foomatic-rip if you are using PCL-XL (pxlmono) driver, and your dirstribution is older than RHEL 5, SLED/S 11, Fedora Core 5, SUSE professional 10.2, Mandriva 2006.
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> To install the latest foomatic-rip, follow step 4 on 301 Moved Permanently