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* http://print.umiacs.umd.edu/help/options.html. | * http://print.umiacs.umd.edu/help/options.html. | ||
=Differences between our old LPRng print system= | |||
# To duplex you need to specify '''-o sides=two-sided-long-edge''' instead of '''-Zduplex''' the same way. '''-o sides=two-sided-short-edge''' can be used for the other duplex orientation. You can create a personal instance of a print queue that has your defaults, more information is available [https://print.umiacs.umd.edu/help/options.html#INSTANCES here]. | # To duplex you need to specify '''-o sides=two-sided-long-edge''' instead of '''-Zduplex''' the same way. '''-o sides=two-sided-short-edge''' can be used for the other duplex orientation. You can create a personal instance of a print queue that has your defaults, more information is available [https://print.umiacs.umd.edu/help/options.html#INSTANCES here]. | ||
# Using the '''lpr''' command is available, although the '''lp''' command is the main supported command and has more functionality. | # Using the '''lpr''' command is available, although the '''lp''' command is the main supported command and has more functionality. | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 6 December 2010
Common Unix Print System
UMIACS has replaced our LPRng printing system on our UNIX systems in favor of the industry standard CUPS. This provides us with better support for printers and their specific options.
Printing is only available from UMIACS Networks or when attached to the UMIACS VPN.
A list of printers can be found using,
- http://print.umiacs.umd.edu/printers (available only on UMIACS Networks)
- lpstat -p
You can see documentation about printing from the command line on our RHEL/Ubuntu hosts at (available only on UMIACS Networks)
Differences between our old LPRng print system
- To duplex you need to specify -o sides=two-sided-long-edge instead of -Zduplex the same way. -o sides=two-sided-short-edge can be used for the other duplex orientation. You can create a personal instance of a print queue that has your defaults, more information is available here.
- Using the lpr command is available, although the lp command is the main supported command and has more functionality.