Printing FAQ

1. What printers are available?

   The Physics Department's printer, secondlp, is the default printer for the ACS group.

   The Physics Department also hosts a number of public printers.

2. How do I print a color image?

   The Xerox Phaser 7760GX color laser printer prints color by default.

3. How do I print a color transparencies?

   Please see the Transparencies FAQ page.

4. How do I setup OS X to use the department printers?

   Please see the OS X printing page.

5. How do I print duplex printing on OS X?

   Please see the OS X printing page.

6. How do I set up duplex printing on OS X?

   Please see the OS X printing page.

7. How do I print single-sided from the command line prompt on Linux or Mac OS X

   lp -o sides=one-sided filename1 filename2

8. How do I print 2 pages per side from the command line prompt on Linux or Mac OS X

   lp -o number-up=2 filename1 filename2

9. How do I print 4 pages per side from the command line prompt on Linux or Mac OS X

   lp -o number-up=4 filename1 filename2

   NOTE for questions 6, 7 & 8: this will work for text files and true, valid Postscript documents (this does not include EPS files)

10. How do you specificy a printer tray for secondlp?

    On Solaris To specificy tray 3: lp -d secondlp -o Tray3 file.ps To specificy tray 4: lp -d secondlp -o Tray4 file.ps To specificy the multi-purpose tray: lp -d secondlp -o MPTray file.ps

    On Linux (On Linux you specify media type and it will automatically pick the correct tray) To specify tabloid (11"x17"): lp -d secondlp -o media=11x17 file.ps To specify A4: lp -d secondlp -o media=a4 file.ps