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AOS has two public printers:
Each is controlled via a centralized print server.
McGill's uPrint system is also available on all Linux systems.
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. *Using this printer is free*.
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. *Using this printer costs money charged to your supervisor*.
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):
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.
The quotas per printer are calculated on these costs:
Queue Name | Total Cost per page | Quota Charge per page |
---|---|---|
AOS-Jet-NoDuplex | 0.02 | 0.01) |
AOS-Jet-Duplex | 0.0165 | 0.02) |
AOS-Rainbow-NoDuplex Colour Page | 0.12 | 0.12 |
AOS-Rainbow-NoDuplex BW Page | 0.03 | 0.03 |
AOS-Rainbow-Duplex Colour Page | 0.11 | 0.11 |
AOS-Rainbow-Duplex BW Page | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Please Note printing to Jet is the preferred method of printing black and white text. Your supervisor is charged if you print to Rainbow.
Note: If you run out of quota, please see your supervisor. He/she will contact me to add more quota for your group.
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.
For printing to McGill's uPrint system, you may:
lpr –U [McGill Short Username] -P [printername] [filename]
This deserves its own page. Please view the Printing From OS X page.
This deserves its own page. Please view the Printing From Windows page.