Printers

The network printers listed on this page are accessible from anywhere within the faculty networks.

Unix users may influence specific printer properties using the options command line switch to the print command "lp". E.g., to print on A3 paper on a printer that prints on A4 per default you may use:

   lp -d printername -o "papersize=a3" filename ...

Windows users may enable specific options through the properties button in the print dialog.

Spooling

All printers can only be accessed using printer spoolers. These spoolers run on the core fileservers wtcw-server and rec-server.

Since all printers can be accessed across the network, sending print jobs can in some cases be a convenient alternative for faxing documents.

Accounting and quota

For all printers accounting files are maintained. For the student laserprinter (sl1) the accounting file is used to enforce print quota. All students can print up to 200 double sided pages each month. If your quota is reached you cannot print for the remainder of that month.

Check your printerquota on printer sl1

Quota are refreshed each month. Quota not used the previous month are lost (you cannot save on printing for a couple of months and then start printing huge amounts of pages).

Note that the bannerpage printed automatically is also subtracted from your quota. Suppose you print two two-page documents in two separate printjobs; this will cost you 6 pages from your quota. If both documents were to be printed in one printjob it would cost you only 5 pages.

Secretariat printers

Most secretariat offices also have network printers. These are not intented to be used as general network printers. Access to them however is not restricted, allowing them be used as an alternative to faxes.

Printer Properties