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--- network_printing_using_cups [2017/02/16 20:01] – [Printing] ppatterson
+++ network_printing_using_cups [2024/03/26 13:52] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Checking Printer Status =====
-* [[http://ace-printer-1.cbrain.mcgill.ca:631/printers/HP_Color_LaserJet_3550?which_jobs=all|Show All Jobs on ace-printer-1 in NW147]]
+* [[http://132.216.122.31:631/printers/Hewlett-Packard-hp-color-LaserJet-3500?which_jobs=all|Show All Jobs on ace-printer-1 in NW147]]
 * [[https://cups.ncs.mcgill.ca:631/printers|McGill UPRINT Printers]]
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 Most of the time **print jobs** are sent to a printers queue and the printer prints them one after the other.
-To print to the Mcgill uPrint printers:
+===== Using the Printer Card =====
+Printing to a McGill uPrint printer with the ACELab printer card can only be done from the command line.
+==== List Printers ====
 First check to see if the printers are available on your machine:
 <code>
-ppatterson@ace-ws-46:~$ lpstat -p
+me@ace-ws-00:~$ lpstat -p
+</code>
+Output example:
+<code>
 printer HP-color-laserjet is idle.  enabled since Thu 26 Jan 2017 02:32:24 PM EST
 printer McGill_Color is idle.  enabled since Thu 16 Feb 2017 02:43:59 PM EST
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 </code>
-You can see here a local printer and the McGill uPrint printers.  To print a file to mcgill_mono:
+You can see here a local printer and the McGill uPrint printers.
+==== Printing ====
+To print a file named myfile.txt to mcgill_mono using the amni16 "Evans Lab Students" account:
 <code>
-ppatterson@ace-ws-46:~$ **lp -U amni16 -d mcgill_mono -o sides=two-sided-long-edge myfile.txt**
+me@ace-ws-00:~$ lp -U amni16 -d mcgill_mono myfile.txt
 request id is mcgill_mono-117 (1 file(s))
 </code>
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 === Real world setup for the HP color LaserJet 3500 in NW 147 ===
+Start the printers interface from the command line with sudo as follows:
+<code>
+sudo system-config-printer
+</code>
   - Open the **Printing** application.
   - Choose **Add**.
   - Select the option **Network Printer**
+  - Choose **Find Network Printer**
+  - On the right side of the Window enter the following at the host:
+<code>
+cups.ncs.mcgill.ca
+</code>
+  - Choose the **Find** button.
   - Under **Enter device URI** enter something like this:
-''%%ipp://ace-printer-1.cbrain.mcgill.ca/printers/HP_Color_LaserJet_3550%%''
+''%%ipp://132.216.122.31:631/printers/HP-color-LaserJet-3500%%''
+or
+''%%ipp://ace-printer-1:631/printers/HP-color-LaserJet-3500%%''
 Then choose **Forward**
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 NW 147
 </code>
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 ===== Held Jobs =====