Printing in the CPS Cluster

Contents

• Accessible Printers
• Printing a File
• Using the HP Printer
• Color Hardcopy at the Graphics Lab
• TeX
• Poor Print Quality
• If a Job Does Not Print

Accessible Printers

Name		Location	Type			Languages

hp4a		Room 202	HP 4SiMX Laser		Postscipt,
							HPGL
			o Go to Using the HP Printer


hp4a-text	Room 202	HP 4SiMX Laser		Text
			o Go to Using the HP Printer



sci1		Xerox Room	HP 4Si (PHYSICS PRINTER)
sci1-duplex			(2-SIDED PAGES)


prbcolor	PRB 5th floor	color printer
prbcolor-trans			(transparencies)

Printing a File

     lpr [-Pprinter]  -h filename  (-h removes the header page) 

Helpful Suggestions for Using the HP Printer:

To Print:

• Make sure the On Line button is on.
• Postscript files: lpr -Php4a -h file.ps This printer is also the default printer, so the -Php4a is not required. lpr -h file.ps will work equally well.
• Text files: lpr -Php4a-text -h file.txt
• Large files: lpr -Php4a -h -s file.ps if the file is >1MB.

Color Hardcopy at the Graphics Lab

See the procedures and manuals developed in the Graphics Lab. If you wish to print to these printers, you must have an account on SCV.

TeX

	tex 

or

	latex  

If there are no errors in the processing of your document, then you will have created a valid DVI file.

You can now view the DVI file by running

	xdvi file.dvi

Then, to print, you must convert to PostScript:

	dvips file.dvi -t letter -o file.ps

Or, you can make a PostScript of only certain pages (i.e., pages 3 through 7):

	dvips -p3 -l7 file.dvi -t letter -o file.ps

You should then examine the file on the screen using:

	ghostview file.ps

Then, you may print:

	lpr -Php4a -h -s file.ps  (remove the -s flag if the file is <1MB)

You can use the little script that takes a TeX file, runs TeX on it, DVIPS, and prints by:

cd ~yourusername

If the directory bin does not exist, create it:

mkdir bin

cp /users/duncan/laser bin/.

source .login

rehash

Then you may run the command

laser file

Poor Print Quality

If the print quality is poor, it usually means the toner cartridge is running low, or the darkness setting needs to be turned up. PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE PRINTER AND ATTEMPT TO DO THIS YOURSELF! WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF WELL-INTENTIONED PEOPLE TRYING TO FIX THE TONER WHICH HAS LED TO THE PRINTER BREAKING. If the print quality is poor, please send mail to the system administrators at help@polymer.

If a job does not print