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- | =====Acceptable use policy for the laser printer in the Asprey Lab===== | + | ===== Setup ===== |
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- | The **Asprey** printer | + | |
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- | * is to be used for Computer Science Lab / Homework ONLY | + | |
- | * is limited to a maximum of 5 page(s) per job | + | |
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- | * Please note that the __print logs__ are monitored. | + | |
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- | ===== vprint ===== | + | |
- | You may print to any **vprint** printer from your linux account. | + | |
To enable the printer, on the linux cmd line: | To enable the printer, on the linux cmd line: | ||
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In lieu of creating a client.conf file, the printing command can be specified on a terminal line: | In lieu of creating a client.conf file, the printing command can be specified on a terminal line: | ||
- | * lpr -U 999// | + | * lpr -U 999//nnnnnn// the.file |
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+ | ===== Acceptable use policy for the laser printer in the Asprey Lab ===== | ||
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+ | The **Asprey** printer | ||
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+ | * is to be used for Computer Science Lab / Homework ONLY | ||
+ | * is limited to a maximum of 5 page(s) per job | ||
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+ | * Please note that the print logs are monitored. | ||
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+ | The Asprey lab printer should be the default printer on lab and classroom workstations. You can double-check this by entering: | ||
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+ | * lpstat -t | ||
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+ | To print to the Asprey lab printer from the command line, enter this (replacing " | ||
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+ | * lpr // | ||
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+ | For more info, check the manual page for lpr: | ||
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+ | * man lpr | ||
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+ | ==== vprint ==== | ||
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+ | You may print to any **vprint** printer (the larger printers provided by the college) from your linux account. | ||
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+ | * lpr -P vprint // | ||
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+ | Alternatively, | ||
+ | ===== Issues Printing from An Application ===== | ||
+ | If you go to print and the printer selection window opens and keeps flashing, then there is something within either the document or the app that is not working with the Linux print system and we need to look into that. In the meantime, in order to print your document please click on " |