Printing

This system doesn't have directly connected printers, but makes use of printers defined on VMS system. To print a file, type the command:

On our systems is also installed a general purpose command xprint. This is a Bourne-shell script in /usr/local/bin and provides the access to the printers defined before, where the printer can be passed as a command line parameter:

[xprint]xprint[-q printer] [-s] [-n] [-2] [-l## -p##] [-v] [-h] [-H] files.

-q printer

Postscript Printer Name

lps_post

points to 3 different postscript printers inside the printer room, near the computing room, A4 format, (One sheet per page).
LPS - LPS2 - LPS17

lps_post2

points to 2 different postscript printers inside the printer room, near the computing room, A4 format, (Two sheet per page).
LPS - LPS2

lps_post_a3

points to 2 different postscript printers inside the printer room, near the computing room, A3 format, (One sheet per page).
LPS - LPS2

lps17_post

points to the 600 dpi resolution postscript printer inside the printer room, near the computing room, A4 format, (One sheet per page).
LPS17

lnf_psc

points to the postscript color printer inside the computing room, A4 format, (One sheet per page).
PSC

-s

Print One Side per Sheet

-n

Don't Print the Cover Page

-2

Two Pages per Side

-p###

Print in Portrait, ### Allowed is 80 or 132 Characters

-l###

Print in Landscape, ### Allowed is 80 or 132 Characters

-h

Print the Help Message

-v

Print the Xprint Program Version Number

-H

Give the Updated Printer List

files

Print any File Format Like: text, dvi, ps, etc.

The default printer is lps_post2 Alternatively, the environment variable XPRINTER can be set to indicate your most commonly used printer. For example:

setenv XPRINTER lps17_post

This command line parameter overrides the XPRINTER value and it can be included in .cshrc.

For more information:

man xprint

or read the man pages at the end of this guide.