Lexmark Optra Laser Printer

Product specific information for the printer and queue system is provided.

Product specific information

Item Descriptor
Paper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the enhanced PCL (R) 5 emulation and the PostScript Level 2 emulation by using the -u flag of the qprt command. There are several optional input sources. The input source number is the same for both PCL and PostScript:
-u 0
manual feed
-u 1
tray 1
-u 2
tray 2
-u 3
tray 3
-u 4
feeder or feeder 1
-u 5
feeder 2

By default the banner and trailer pages come from the top tray. To change the default, change the values for the uH and/or uT attributes, respectively, in the colon file to the value for the desired paper source (s0-S5). Use the lsvirprt command.

Paper Size Paper size selection is supported by using either one or both of the qprt command flags, -O and -Q. The -O flag controls paper versus envelopes. A value of 3 indicates a paper size and 4 an envelope size. Envelopes are only valid for manual feed, feeder, or feeder 2. The default for -O is 3 or paper. The default for -Q is 1 or Letter for paper sizes and Com 10 for envelope sizes.
Paper Sizes (-0 3)
Envelope Sizes (-0 4)
-Q 1 Letter
7 3/4 Monarch
-Q 2 Legal
9 (Com 9)
-Q 3 B5 paper
10 (Com 10)
-Q 4 A4
DL
-Q 5 Executive
C5
-Q 6 A5
B5 Envelope
-Q 7
Other Envelope
Paper Type The Optra printer supports paper types: rough, normal (default), transparency, labels, and cardstock using the -y parameter of the qprt command or the _y attribute in the colon file.
-y 1
Rough
-y 2
Normal (default)
-y 3
Transparency
-y 4
Labels
-y 5
Cardstock
Print Resolution The Optra plus printer supports print resolution of 300, 600, and 1200 dpi using the -q flag of the qprt command. The default is 600 dpi.
-q
300
-q
600
-q
1200
Pitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the -p flag for pitch and the -s flag for font name with the qprt command. Pitch values between 1 and 100 characters per inch (cpi) in whole integers are supported. The condensed print flag, -K, is not supported.
Font Name
Pitch
-s courier
-p (1 to 100)
-s courier-bold
-p (1 to 100)
-s courier-italic
-p (1 to 100)
-s courier-bold italic
-p (1 to 100)
-s gothic
-p (1 to 100)
-s gothic-bold
-p (1 to 100)
-sgothic-italic
-p (1 to 100)
-s lineprinter
-p 17
Note: To format ASCII for other font styles, use the base operating system enscript utility or the qprt command with the -da, -s, and -p flags to a PostScript queue. For postscript queues, -p stands for point size and the valid list of fonts are located in /usr/lib/ps/fontmap. Valid point sizes are any integer from 1 to 1008. Also, only a pitch of 17 is supported for the lineprinter font style.
Duplex Mode The optional duplex feature is supported by the -Y flag of the qprt command.
-Y 0
simplex
-Y 1
duplex, long-edge binding
-Y 2
duplex. short-edge binding