To print a document, use the lpr (for 'lineprinter') command.
A specific printer is selected with the -P<printername>
argument as follows:
lpr -Prayvaughn <documentname>
We currently have 4 general access print queues. None of these is a
postscript printer, so don't send them postscript files:
rayvaughn Printronix dot matrix Room 119 room119 2 Epson FX1170 dot matrix Room 119 room106 2 Panasonic KXP1124i dot matrix Room 106
To see a status report of any printer available on the system use the
lpq command. If a printer is not specified using the -P option
then lpq displays printer queue information for the default printer,
the one specified by the PRINTER environment variable. To see what is
in the queue of a specific printer use the -P option with a printer
name, in this case the printer is rayvaughn:
lpq -Prayvaughn
Here is what you might see as the result of an lpq command:
rayvaughn is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active ARSENA42 256 DEPREERR.CPP 60 bytes 1st ajalbert 25 ftp.note 607 bytes
To delete a print job, you type:
lprm -P{printer} {job number}
So typing lprm -Prayvaughn 25 will remove the file ftp.note
from the queue.
To remove all of the print jobs that you own type:
lprm -P{printer} -
Make sure you attempt the lprm from the same
machine from which you submitted the job. You will get a
permission denied error message if you attempt it from another
machine.
An alternative to printing locally is to download files to a floppy and print the files elsewhere.
One way to do this is to use any PC
on campus
and FTP to gandalf.umcs.maine.edu. You can then log into your
account and transfer the files you want to floppy disk. FTPing is further
detailed in a separate chapter.
Please try to only print things that you absolutely need printed. Careless printing is a terrible waste of the earth's resources. If you cannot find your file on the printer after you print it, please try and find out why before you print another copy. If the printer was offline, and then comes online at a later point, your multiple copies will be printed, and wasted.