Printing

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Contents:

• List of printers in PPD
• Print queues
• Setting up network printers
  • Windows 7/Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Mac OS X
  • Linux

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List of printers in PPD

The departmental print server is HEPWIN2008A. All these printers can be found under \\hepwin2008a\<printer-name>

Print Queues

The print server runs a web interface allowing any user to view the current status of all printers, and how many jobs are in the queue. This can be found here:

http://hepwin2008a.dc.pp.rl.uk/Printers/ipp_0001.asp or alternatively, individual printers at:

http://hepwin2008a.dc.pp.rl.uk/printers/<printer_name>/.printer

Setting up network printers

On Windows systems, the default network printers above should automatically be deployed to your computer. If for any reason the printer you want does not appear or you are using a different operating system, instructions for adding printers are below.

• Windows 7/Vista

1. 1. Windows 7 - Open the Start Menu and go to Devices and Printers
      Windows Vista - Open the Start Menu and go to Control Panel (Classic view) > Printers
   2. Click Add a printer on the toolbar at the top of the window
   3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer
   4. Click The printer that I want isn’t listed
   5. If you know the address of the printer (e.g. \\hepwin2008a\hepcps1), select the second option and type this in the box. Alternatively keep the first option selected and click Next
      
   6. If you opted to find a printer in the directory, click Find now, and select the printer you want from the list
   7. If you wish, tick the box to set this printer as the default. Click Next and then Finish

• Windows XP

1. 1. Open the Start Menu and go to Printers and Faxes
   2. Under the Printer Tasks pane on the left-hand side, click Add a printer
   3. Click Next, and select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer, and then Next again
   4. Follow steps 5-7 as above

• Mac OS X

1. 1. Launch "System Preferences..." (found under the Apple menu) and select the "Print & Fax" tab in the "Hardware" row
   2. If need be, click the padlock and authenticate to make changes
   3. Click the "+" sign at the bottom of the list of printers:
   4. Choose "IP" as the class
   5. "Protocol" should be "Line Printer Daemon - LPD"
   6. Printer address is hepwin2008p.pp.rl.ac.uk
   7. Set the queue name to whichever printer you require and set "Print Using" to Select Printer Software..." and select the correct PPD for the printer
   8. Click "Add" and specify the appropriate options for the printer (very good idea to set "Paper Matching" to "Nearest Size & Scale" for the HP printers...)

• NB: for the Canon C5045i

1. 1. you must first create the queue with "Print Using" set to "Generic PostScript Printer", then quit from System Preferences, so that the queue is created as an LPD queue rather than using the proprietary Canon protocol.
   2. then once it's created, relaunch "System Preferences...", select the "Print & Fax" tab again, select the printer
   3. click the "Options & Supplies..." button, select the Driver tab and only then set "Print Using" to the correct PPD
   • On the General tab the URL for the printer should read "lpd://hepwin2008p.pp.rl.ac.uk/hepcps1" - otherwise it assumes a direct connection to the printer and will not work.

• Linux The queues should already be defined as above.