How to use lab printer

The following procedure describes how to install a printer. You can use ‘mustang’ as the name of the printer.

Printing from Inland Windows on the CC Domain.
The Windows print server is named ccprint.cc.gatech.edu. For TSO Managed Windows systems on the CC domain, printers will most likely already be set up on your PC. Open the printers folder using
Start - Printers and Faxes to view them.
Double-click on a printer to look at its print queue or to cancel your print job.
To add a printer, first verify your domain by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL and looking for a message that contains this type of information: George Burdell is logged on as CC\burdell. Then select Start - Run and enter in UNC format the name of the print server and printer, e.g. \\ccprint\calvin, \\hgprint\calvin. (Note: if for some reason either of these fail to add the printer try \\madison\calvin or \\moccasin\calvin. )
The default printer is identified in the Printers and Faxes folder with a red check. To change the default printer, right click on the printer and select Set as Default Printer .

(INLAND ONLY) Printing from Inland Mac OS X.
There are 2 types of "Inland" Mac OS X systems in CoC: 1) TSO managed OS X systems and 2) Personally managed Mac OS X systems. For TSO Managed OS X systems, all printers are automatically defined and there should be no need to configure printers. For personally managed systems, you will need to manually add printers to use our print server. Follow the instructions below:
1. Open "/Applications/Utilities/Printer Setup Utility" and a "Printer Browser" window will appear.
2. Click the "IP Printer" icon at the top of the Printer Browser window.
3. For Protocol, select "Line Printer Daemon - LPD"
4. For Address, enter "printhost.cc.gatech.edu"
5. For Queue, enter the name of the printer you wish to use (e.g. rosalyn).
6. For Name, enter the name you want it to appear as in your Print list (e.g. "rosalyn via printhost").
7. (Optional) For Location, enter the building name (e.g. CCB, KACB, TSRB).
8. For Print Using, select the exact printer driver for the printer you are configuring (e.g. rosalyn is an HP LaserJet 4300DN).
9. Click Add. At this point you should be able to print on your newly added printer.
(OUTLAND ONLY) Printing from Unix and Mac OS X on Outland.
Unix and Mac OS X machines use the CUPS print server, printhost.cc.gatech.edu, which provides access to all networked printers and their drivers. All applications should be set up to use CUPS so printing simply involves selecting a printer from a pulldown menu, and optionally setting specific options like landscape printing.
If you need to configure your Unix or Mac CUPS client, you will need root access. Edit the file /etc/cups/client.config to contain the line ServerName printhost.cc.gatech.edu. If the CUPS daemon cupsd is running, you will need to stop it: use ps ax | grep cups to determine the process id (in this example it is 168).
168 ?? Ss 0:02.57 /usr/sbin/cupsd

5295 p2 R+ 0:00.01 grep cups
Then use kill pid to kill the process (replace pid with the actual process id).
If your computer must use System 5 or BSD spooling, it is not a problem as CUPS provides backends to handle these protocols. Here is a sample printcap and printer.conf entry:
calvin|lp|ps|postscript|PostScript:\

:lp=:mx#25000:rm=printhost.cc.gatech.edu:rp=calvin:\

:sd=/var/spool/calvin:

calvin|lp|ps|postscript|PostScript:\

:lp=:\

:sd=/var/spool/calvin:\

:mx=25000:\

:bsdaddr=printhost.cc.gatech.edu,calvin:
Click here for a complete COC printcap file and here for printers.conf.
A default printer should already be selected in any print dialog window, but you can use the pulldown menu to select another. Linux users can change the default printer using the print manager supplied by their window manager. Mac OS X uses the Print & Fax manager under System Preferences. From the command line, use lpoptions to view your default printer and lpoptions -d printer to set your default printer.
A complete list of COC printers can also be obtained by accessing printhost.cc.gatech.edu or by entering the command lpstat -a. You will find that most printers have a duplex counterpart, e.g. susie, and susie-duplex. The duplex queue is currently just a convenience for users that print from the command line, and find it easier to use the command lpr -P susie-duplex myfile.ps, instead of lpr -P susie -o sides=two-sided-short-edge myfile.ps.
CUPS comes with its own versions of lp, lpq, lpr, lprm, lpstat, and cancel. The syntax is very similar to the tradiditonal System 5 and BSD commands. On-line versions of man pages can be found at www.cups.org/documentation.php and a very good summary of using CUPS print commands can be found at open-systems.ufl.edu/services/printing/cups/cups_cmds.html . If you wish to permanently keep cupsd from starting when you reboot, remove CUPS from your /etc/rc directories on Linux. On Mac OS X, edit the file /System/Library/StartupItems/PrintingServices/PrintingServices and comment the following line by placing a # at the beginning of the line:
# /usr/sbin/cupsd

Printing from Wireless (LAWN, FASTPASS)
Users not directly connected to a CoC network will need to authenticate to it before they can use CoC printers.

Wireless Windows Printing
Remote users can setup an IPP printer in their printer's folder. The setup includes authentication so that subsequent printing to the IPP printer will automatically authenticate without any user interaction needed on your part.
1. Look up your printer type at printhost.cc.gatech.edu
2. Go to http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers and follow the instructions to download and install the driver.
3. From the Printers and Faxes folder select Add a printer, click Next, then check A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer. Click Next again.
4. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter the URL: http://madison.cc.gatech.edu:631/printers/calvin/.printer" replace calvin with the printer of your choice. Click Next
5. Select Use the specified account, and enter your cc username, e.g. cc\burdell and password.
6. If you ever need to change this information, right click on the printer, select Properties, then Ports, select the port and click Configure Port.

Last modified 28 January 2008 at 1:43 pm by tjyun