Printing Tips

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Printers in CoC
Printing PDF files
Printing PDF files

Printers

Printer	Location	Notes
spiff	CoC back hallway 2nd Floor
calvin	Darts Lab
moe	CoC back hallway, 1st Floor

Most printers have the ability to print to two sides.
From unix

lpr -Pcalvin-dulplex file.ps

Windows printers must be setup before use

Start->Run->"\\cobra\calvin-pcl"

This will set up a printer driver for calvin using HP's PCL language. It is better than the regular postscript driver, and you can set double-sided output in the preferences page. This driver is also the one you should use if you are printing PDF files. I have had many problems with different printers printing PDF using the regular postscript drivers.

For more information see CNS's help page

Printing PDF files directly to Printer

Contributed by: Manas Tungare

I use a script, pdfpr:

#!/bin/csh
if( $# == 2 ) then
  set printer=$2
else
  set printer=$PRINTER
endif

if( $1 != "" ) then
  cat ${1} | acroread -toPostScript | lpr -P $printer
  echo ${1} sent to $printer ... OK!
else
  echo PDF Print: No filename defined!
endif

Does not require an X server running! Works wherever there's a decent install of acroread. Enjoy!

Printing Large Posters

CERCS has a poster printer available. However, due to the high cost of printing, this is not directly accesible for students. To print out a poster, either go through your faculty advisor, or Matt Wolfe.

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