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===== Printing ====== | ===== Printing ====== | ||
- | AOS has two public printers: | + | AOS has one departmental printers, **penguin**, controlled via a centralized print server. |
- | * Jet | + | |
- | * Rainbow | + | |
- | Each is controlled via a centralized print server. | + | |
- | McGill's uPrint system is also available on all Linux systems. | + | McGill's uPrint system is also available on all Linux systems. More information on McGill's uPrint system can be found on the [[http://kb.mcgill.ca/kb/article?ArticleId=1348&source=Article&c=12&cid=2|IT Knowledgebase]] |
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===== AOS Printer Information ===== | ===== AOS Printer Information ===== | ||
- | ==== Jet ==== | + | ==== Penguin ==== |
- | Jet is a Hewlett-Packard Laserjet 4250DTN black and white laser printer. It is capable of duplex printing and can be found in room 811 on the Southern wall. | + | Penguin is a Hewlett-Packard Laserjet 603DN black and white laser printer. It is capable of duplex printing and can be found in room 811 on the Southern wall. **Using this printer is free**. |
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- | ==== Rainbow ==== | + | |
- | Rainbow is a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 4700 colour laser printer. It is capable of duplex printing and can be found in room 811 in frount of the Southern wall. | + | |
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- | ===== Quota Information ===== | + | |
- | Printing quotas are based on the actual costs of the toner and paper used for each printer. Here are the prices of each item (all applicable taxes are included): | + | |
- | * Paper (500 sheets): $3.01. $0.007 per sheet. | + | |
- | * Black Toner for Jet (prints 500 pages): $66.09, $0.013/page. | + | |
- | * Black Toner for Rainbow (prints 11000 pages): $242.85, $0.022/page. | + | |
- | * Color Toner for Rainbow (prints 10000 pages): $344.13, $0.103/page (all 3 color toners are used per page). | + | |
- | Note that the constants listed here, such as number of pages per toner, are based on average average/theoretical cases supplied by the hardware vendor. These will likely change in the future based on recorded usage in AOS. | + | |
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- | The quotas per printer are calculated on these costs: | + | |
- | ^ Queue Name ^ Irix Queue Name ^ Total Cost per page ^ Quota Charge per page ^ | + | |
- | | AOS-Jet-NoDuplex | jet_nodup | 0.02 | 0.0((Costs for Ice and Jet are paid for by the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.)) | | + | |
- | | AOS-Jet-Duplex | jet_dup | 0.0165 | 0.0((Costs for Ice and Jet are paid for by the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.)) | | + | |
- | | AOS-Rainbow-NoDuplex Colour Page| rb_nodup | 0.12 | 0.12 | | + | |
- | | AOS-Rainbow-NoDuplex BW Page | rb_nodup | 0.03 | 0.03 | | + | |
- | | AOS-Rainbow-Duplex Colour Page| rb_dup | 0.11 | 0.11 | | + | |
- | | AOS-Rainbow-Duplex BW Page| rb_dup | 0.02 | 0.02 | | + | |
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- | **Please Note** printing to Jet is the preferred method of printing black and white text. Your supervisor is charged if you print to Rainbow. | + | |
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- | **Note:** If you run out of quota, please see your supervisor. He/she will contact me to add more quota for your group. | + | |
===== Setup Printers ===== | ===== Setup Printers ===== | ||
==== Setup Printers on Linux ==== | ==== Setup Printers on Linux ==== | ||
- | No configuration should be necessary. Simply issue **File** -> **Print** and the list of printers should show themselves. Please note that the correct printers start with ** AOS**. If you do not see any printers please contact me at <sysadmin@meteo.mcgill.ca>. | + | No configuration should be necessary. Simply issue **File** -> **Print** and the list of printers should show themselves. If you do not see any printers please contact me at <itsupport@meteo.mcgill.ca>. |
For printing to McGill's uPrint system, you may: | For printing to McGill's uPrint system, you may: | ||
<code>lpr –U [McGill Short Username] -P [printername] [filename]</code> | <code>lpr –U [McGill Short Username] -P [printername] [filename]</code> | ||
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+ | :!: **Please see:** | ||
+ | * [[http://kb.mcgill.ca/kb/article?ArticleId=1025&source=Article&c=12&cid=2|This article]] in the McGill IT Knowledgebase for details on your McGill Short Username | ||
+ | * [[http://kb.mcgill.ca/kb/article?ArticleId=1348&source=Article&c=12&cid=2|This article]] in the McGill IT Knowledgebase for details on McGill's uPrint system | ||
==== Setup Printers on MacOSX ==== | ==== Setup Printers on MacOSX ==== | ||
- | This deserves its own page. Please view the [[Printing From OS X]] page. | + | This deserves its own page. Please view the [[IT:Printing From OS X]] page. |
==== Setup Printers on Windows ==== | ==== Setup Printers on Windows ==== | ||
- | This deserves its own page. Please view the [[Printing From Windows]] page. | + | This deserves its own page. Please view the [[IT:Printing From Windows]] page. |