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==Differences between our old LPRng print system==
==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, the '''lp''' command is the main supported command and has more functionality.
# Using the '''lpr''' command is available, the '''lp''' command is the main supported command and has more functionality.

Revision as of 03:53, 3 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 at

You can see documentation about printing from the command line on our RHEL/Ubuntu hosts at

Differences between our old LPRng print system

  1. 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.
  2. Using the lpr command is available, the lp command is the main supported command and has more functionality.