Printers

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This set of instructions is geared towards our divisional linux workstation users.

For printing on your laptop, Windows machine, or Mac machine, please see the appropriate areas:

Contents 1 OS Specific Instructions 2 Which printer should I use and where is it? 3 Using the Plotter 4 What is my limit for using the printer? 5 What happened to the single-sided print queues?

OS Specific Instructions

• Printing On Linux
• Printing On Windows
• Printing On Mac OS X

Which printer should I use and where is it?

You can get a list of all division printers by typing printers at the linux prompt.

All of these printers are fast, and are capable of double-sided printing.

Printers	Location	Information
pr-1F8-color	1st Floor around corner from stairwell 1F8	HP Color LaserJet 9500
pr-1180	1st Floor oasis 1180	Canon imageRUNNER 3045
pr-3168	3rd Floor oasis 3168	Canon imageRUNNER 5065 b&w copier
pr-3180-color	3rd Floor oasis 3180	Canon imageRUNNER 2880 color copier
pr-4165	4th Floor oasis 4165	Canon imageRUNNER 5065 b&w copier
pr-4171-color	4th Floor oasis 4171	Canon imageRUNNER 2880 color copier
pr-4e15	4th Floor FL open space	HP LaserJet 2420d
pr-5168-color	5th Floor oasis 5168	Canon imageRUNNER 2880 color copier
pr-5d18	5th Floor ACRF open space	HP LaserJet 4050n
pr-5d18-color	5th Floor ACRF open space	Xerox Phaser 8400

There are other slower printers spread throughout the division in offices which are also, generally, accessible everyone, but the main printers should be used for the bulk of your printing.

Using the Plotter

To print to the plotter, please consult with the Help Desk directly. In order to prevent paper waste from misprints and printer malfunctions from incorrectly loaded paper, all jobs to the plotter must be submitted to the help desk for printing.

What is my limit for using the printer?

There is no quota, limit, or charge on the amount of paper you can use while you are in the division. Please, however, be considerate of the trees and expense. If you are going to print off a long document, print the document double column and rotated; for example, enscript -2r foobar. When possible use on-line viewing interfaces, such as ghostview or gv (for postscript files), xdvi (for dvi files), Adobe Reader (for PDFs), or your web browser where appropriate.

What happened to the single-sided print queues?

By default, the large copiers print double sided. You can specify single-sided from print dialog of your program. From the command line in Linux, you should specify:

  lpr -o sides=one-sided <filename>