The printers at LERMA/Paris

The printers at LERMA/Paris Site

In order to print a file (say filename) from the Unix workstations of LERMA and of SIO the following command should be used:

       $ lpr -Pqueue_name filename

where queue_name is one of the following:

Queue Name	Output	Type	Location	Printer IP
rvps6	paper (recto/verso)	HP LaserJet 4200DTN	6th floor	hplerma6 - 145.238.201.47
rps6	paper (recto)	HP LaserJet 4200DTN	6th floor	hplerma6 - 145.238.201.47
col6 ^*	paper	Xerox color 6360DN	6th floor	lplerma6 - 145.238.201.55
col6trans^*	transparency	Xerox color 6360DN	6th floor	lplerma6 - 145.238.201.55
rvps7	paper (recto/verso)	HP LaserJet 4250DTN	7th floor	hplerma7 - 145.238.201.127
rps7	paper (recto)	HP LaserJet 4250DTN	7th floor	hplerma7 - 145.238.201.127
col7 ^*	paper	Xerox color 6360DN	7th floor	lplerma7 - 145.238.201.40
col7trans ^*	transparency	Xerox color 6360DN	7th floor	lplerma7 - 145.238.201.40
rvps8	paper (recto/verso)	Ricoh Aficio MP C3300	8th floor	ricoh8 - 145.238.201.52
rps8	paper	Ricoh Aficio MP C3300	8th floor	ricoh8 - 145.238.201.52

^*Note that the output from Laser Colour Printers costs 0.7 euro per page. As a result a log of all jobs submitted is being kept. Please be very careful when you use it...

The above queues accept both ASCII and Postscript files as input. They have been defined as local printers of aramis.obspm.fr and as remote at mesioq, parasol,mesioc, and maat.

To check the status of the printing do:

       $ lpq -Pqueue_name

To remove a file from the printer queue do:

       $ lprm -Pqueue_name job_number

where job_number is the number of the printer job displayed by lpq.

Important Note: The command lprm does not work on parasol since this is a Solaris machine. On parasol one has to do "lpstat -t" to check all the status of all printer queues and then use the command "cancel job_id" to cancel the appropriate job.

Useful Notes

Defining a default printer
If you want to select a printer (i.e. rvps) as your default output you should add the following line in your ~/.cshrc file:
```
setenv PRINTER rvps
```
Then you omit the -Pqueue_name option when you issue the lpr command.
Help !!, aramis.obspm.fr is not working
Well, if aramis is down, or if its spool area is full you may (or I should say will have) problems printing. A way to avoid that is to send your file directly to the printer by ftp. For example if you want to send the file urgent_proposal.ps to the QMS 2060 printer of the 7th floor you'll have to do:
```
       % ftp lpdemi6.obspm.fr  (hit the  key a couple of times)
         put  urgent_proposal.ps
         quit
```
If you want to print a file in colour do instead "ftp lpdemi5", to access the colour printer. The files printed this way they will be printed in the default settings of the printers. This is simplex paper (recto) on the colour printer and in duplex (recto/verso) paper for all other printers. If you want to print something urgent in a transparency you'll have to place some of them in the paper try of the printer before doing the ftp

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