PRINTING

PRINTER LOCATIONS*

   publp    I/O Svs Window, 111 Cummington St., basement
   pubps    I/O Svs Window, 111 Cummington St., basement
   pub600   I/O Svs Window, 111 Cummington St., basement
   cglps    Graphics Lab, 111 Cummington St., 2nd floor

INTRODUCTION
Your account includes a per semester printing allotment or "quota," artificially expressed in dollars. These printing "dollars" are utilized to print output from applications programs, copies of man pages, files, etc. Quotas are reset on or near the first day of each semester (Summer I & II count as one regular semester).

Printouts can be sent to several printers. The default print queue on ACS is named publp. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DEFINE THIS PRINT QUEUE -- IT IS SET AUTOMATICALLY. However, there may be times when you will want to direct your output to a different printer; see "CHANGING PRINTERS," below.

Other systems may not define a default print queue. In this case, you should set your printer environment as shown below.

CHANGING PRINTERS
As mentioned above, output is directed to the publp queue unless you specify a substitute. If you choose to print on an alternative printer, you must specify that printer. For example:

     % lpr -Ppubps filename

You can change the printer for the duration of your current session by setting the print environment. For example:

     % setenv PRINTER pubps

PRINTER NAME    RATES          DESCRIPTIONS
------------    -----          ------------
  publp*     $.05 per side  (double-sided, stapled, 300 dpi)
  pubps      $.10 per page  (single-sided, stapled, 300 dpi)

  publpns    $.05 per side  (double-sided, non-stapled, 300 dpi)
  pubpsns    $.10 per page  (single-sided, non-stapled, 300 dpi)

  pub600     $.40 per page  (single-sided, non-stapled, 600 dpi)
  cglps      $.20 per page  (single-sided, non-stapled, 300 dpi)

     *DEFAULT

Output from all printers, with the exception of cglps, is sorted and distributed at the I/O Services Window in the basement of 111 Cummington Street. Output is stored under your account name. Output from cglps is distributed in the Computer Graphics lab on the second floor of 111 Cummington.

CHECKING YOUR PRINT QUOTA WITH THE PQUOTA PROGRAM
A print quota program (called pquota) has been created which will query your remaining print allotment. The pquota program displays your dollar balance as well as the number of pages that can be printed with that balance. To query your printing resources, type "pquota" (omit the quotes) at the shell prompt.

The pquota program will report in the following format:

   User: fred

   Semester Print Quota: $50.00  Used: $2.50  Balance: $47.50


   With this balance, you can print:  950 pages (sides) on (publp) or
                                      475 pages on pubps or
                                      237 pages on cglps or
                                      118 pages on pub600

Every page that you print will use up your allotment in proportion to the "cost" of printing. That is, printing a file on the least expensive (per page) printer will affect your account the least. The rates per page will change as costs change. The Office of Information Technology reserves the right to modify the price per page without prior notice.

NOTE: if you have accounts on more than one system, your quota is shared, e.g., if your quota is $50.00 for one account, it is still $50.00, even if you have accounts on both ACS and CGL.

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR PRINT QUOTA RUNS OUT
If by chance you do exceed your print quota, you can request that your print "dollars" be increased. To do so, go to the I/O Services window or the Information Technology main office. An emergency increase will be granted automatically. Subsequent increases will require faculty approval, however, in no case will a legitimate academic need for print resources be denied.

SAMPLE PRINT COMMANDS
PRINTING A FILE
The 'lpr' command sends a specified file to be printed on the default printer. Type:

        % lpr filename

PRINTING A MAN PAGE
You can pipe the display of a man page to the lpr program:

        % man topic | lpr

        % enscript -ffontfontsize -FHfont -bHeader file

REFERENCES
For more information on printing, see the man pages. For example, to see all man pages which mention the lpr command, type 'man -k lpr'.