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10When the following window appears, click Finish.
The installation program has added the 
Unified Driver Configurator desktop icon and 
Dell MFP group to the system menu for your convenience. If you have any difficulties, 
consult the onscreen help that is available through your system menu or can otherwise be 
called from the driver package windows applications, such as 
Unified Driver 
Configurator
 or Image Editor.
Click to configure the printer’s settings.Click to print a test page.
 
						

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Uninstalling the MFP Driver
1When the Administrator Login window appears, type in root in the Login field and enter 
the system password.
 NOTE: You must log in as a super user (root) to install the printer software. If you are not a super 
user, ask your system administrator.
2
Insert the Software and Documentation CD. The Software and Documentation CD will 
automatically run.
If the Software and Documentation CD does not automatically run, click the   icon at 
the bottom of the desktop. When the Terminal screen appears, type in:
[root@localhost root]#mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
[root@localhost root]#cd /mnt/cdrom/Linux
[root@localhost root]#./uninstall.sh 
 NOTE: The installation program runs automatically if you have an autorun software package 
installed and configured.
3
Click Uninstall.
4Click Next.
5Click Finish.
 
						

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Using the Unified Driver Configurator
Unified Driver Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configuring MFP devices. Since 
an MFP device combines the printer and scanner, the Unified Driver Configurator provides 
options logically grouped for printer and scanner functions. There is also a special MFP port 
option responsible for the regulation of access to an MFP printer and scanner via a single I/O 
channel.
After installing the MFP driver, the Unified Driver Configurator icon will automatically be 
created on your desktop.
Opening the Unified driver Configurator
1Double-click Unified Driver Configurator on the desktop.
You can also click the Startup Menu icon and select 
Dell MFP and then Unified Driver 
Configurator
.
2Press each button on the Modules pane to switch to the corresponding configuration 
window.
You can use the onscreen help by clicking 
Help.
3After changing the configurations, click Exit to close the Unified Driver Configurator.
Printers Configuration button
Scanners Configuration button
MFP Ports Configuration button
 
						

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Printers Configuration
Printers configuration has the two tabs; Printers and Classes. 
Printers Tab
You can see the current system’s printer configuration by clicking on the printer icon button 
on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window.
You can use the following printer control buttons:
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Refresh: renews the available printers list.
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Add Printer: allows you to add a new printer.
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Remove Printer: removes the selected printer.
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Set as Default: sets the current printer as a default printer.
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Stop: stop the printer.
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Te s t: allows you to print a test page to check if the machine is working properly.
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Properties: allows you to view and change the printer properties. For details, see 

Configuring Printer Properties.
Shows all of the 
installed printer. Switches to Printer
configuration.
Shows the status, model
name and URI of your
printer.
 
						

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Classes Tab
The Classes tab shows a list of available printer classes.
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Refresh: Renews the classes list.
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Add Class...: Allows you to add a new printer class.
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Remove Class: Removes the selected printer class.
Shows the status of the
class and the number of
printers in the class.Shows all of the printer 
classes.
 
						

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Scanners Configuration
In this window, you can monitor the activity of scanner devices, view a list of installed Dell 
MFP devices, change device properties, and scan images.
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Properties...: Allows you to change the scan properties and scan a document. See 

Scanning a Document.
Switches to Scanners
configuration.
Shows all of the 
installed scanners.
Shows the vendor, model
name and type of your
scanner.
 
						

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MFP Ports Configuration
In this window, you can view the list of available MFP ports, check the status of each port and 
release a port that is stalled in busy state when its owner is terminated for any reason.
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Refresh: Renews the available ports list.
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Release port: Releases the selected port.
Sharing Ports Between Printers and Scanners
Your printer may be connected to a host computer via the parallel port or USB port. Since the 
MFP device contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to organize 
proper access of “consumer” applications to these devices via the single I/O port.
The Dell MFP driver package provides an appropriate port sharing mechanism that is used by 
Dell printer and scanner drivers. The drivers address their devices via so-called MFP ports. The 
current status of any MFP port can be viewed via the MFP Ports Configuration. The port 
sharing prevents you from accessing one functional block of the MFP device, while another 
block is in use.
When you install a new MFP printer onto your system, it is strongly recommended you do this 
with the assistance of an Unified Driver Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose 
I/O port for the new device. This choice will provide the most suitable configuration for MFP’s 
functionality. For MFP scanners I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so 
proper settings are applied by default.
Switches to MPF ports
configuration.
Shows the port type,
device connected to the
port and status.Shows all of the 
available ports.
 
						

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Configuring Printer Properties
Using the properties window provided by the Printers configuration, you can change the 
various properties for your machine as a printer.
1Open the Unified Driver Configurator.
If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.
2Select your printer on the available printers list and click Properties.
3The Printer Properties window opens.
The following five tabs display at the top of the window:
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General: allows you to change the printer location and name. The name entered in 
this tab displays on the printer list in Printers configuration.
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Connection: allows you to view or select another port. If you change the printer port 
from USB to parallel or vice versa while in use, you must re-configure the printer port 
in this tab.
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Driver: allows you to view or select another printer driver. By clicking Options, you 
can set the default device options.
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Jobs: shows the list of print jobs. Click Cancel Job to cancel the selected job and 
select the 
Show completed jobs check box to see previous jobs on the job list.
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Classes: shows the class that your printer is in. Click Add to Class to add your printer 
to a specific class or click 
Remove from Class to remove the printer from the selected 
class.
4Click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties Window.
 
						

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Printing a Document
Printing from Applications
There are a lot of Linux applications that you are allowed to print from using Common UNIX 
Printing System (CUPS). You can print on your machine from any such application.
1From the application you are using, select Print from the File menu.
2Select Print directly using lpr.
3In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your machine from the Printer list and 
click 
Properties.
4Change the printer and print job properties.
Click.
 
						

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The following four tabs display at the top of the window.
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General: allows you to change the paper size, the paper type, and the orientation of 
the documents, enables the duplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changes 
the number of pages per sheet.
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Te x t: allows you to specify the page margins and set the text options, such as spacing 
or columns.
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Graphics: allows you to set image options that are used when printing images/files, 
such as color options, image size, or image position.
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Advanced: allows you to set the print resolution, paper source, and destination.
5Click OK to apply the changes and close the Properties window. 
6Click OK in the LPR GUI window to start printing.
7The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the status of your print job.
To abort the current job, click 
Cancel.