printers.20110902
Available Printers
The departmental shared printers are restricted to accept jobs
only from the main print server (print.phas.ubc.ca) which spools
the jobs with CUPS (Common Unix Print Spooler). Departmental users
are able to print to thee printers either from a dept server ( ie
ssh) or from their own workstations ( see below) Charges are
levied for pages printed (undergraduates should contact the
departmental office to purchase print quotas.)
The current complement of printers are ...
| nickname |
Queue on server |
Make/Model |
location |
Comments |
| xerator |
lp |
Xerox ColorQube 8870 |
Henn203 |
Colour |
| chippy |
lp3 |
Xerox ColorQube 8870 |
Henn325 |
Colour |
| xiaoxing |
lp7 |
Xerox ColorQube 8870 |
Henn310 |
Colour |
| fiery |
CanonColourCopier |
Canon ImageRunner 5185 |
Henn 325 |
colour copier (see note below) |
Canon Colour Copier - Special Instructions
After sending a job to the CanonColourCopier, you need to do
the following:
1. Walk up to it and Log In with your DeptID (ledger# you use
for photocopying).
2. Select "Print Job" from the tab at the top.
3. Touch your job(s) in the list of jobs waiting to print.
4. Press the "Secured Print" button in the lower right-hand
corner of the screen.
5. Just press "OK" when prompted for a password (i.e blank
password).
6. Log Out
All printers support duplexing and Postscript.
The following conditions need to be met in order for you to
print from your own computer
- Your computer must be able to send the
printing packet to the local print server. The local firewall
block packets except from trusted hosts. If you are connected
to one of the dept LAN's -- your packets are passed through.
If your on UBC wireless or some other network (eg telus,
shaw), you will need to join the dept's VPN (Virtual Private
Network) to be able to print.
- A print queue on your local computer must be configured to
communicate with one of the queues defined on the print server.
(see the platform-specific notes below)
- The local login name must correspond with your PHAS login.
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