Links to information on printing.
Important Changes - August 2024If you followed these instructions prior to August 2024, you will need to follow them again. OIT implemented changes to the printing configuration that make the previous configurations appear to work, but fail silently. Reinstall your print queues with the below instructions to restore printing service. |
This article details how to install the TigerPrint and TigerPrint Color queues on both University provided and personal computers running. More information about how to use a PaperCut managed copier can be found here. The TigerPrint queues are for Faculty and Staff.
This page describes how to configure a MAC OS X machine for printing in the CS Department.
Example adding xrx_232 on OS X Mountain Lion:
Bring up System Preferences, and click on "Print & Scan":
Note: Only registered hosts can use the printers in the CS department. Information on who is eligible to register a host and how to do so is here.
Duplex (two-sided) printing is the default for all department printers which support it. To request simplex (single-sided) printing, or any of the other special features a particular printer offers, one specifies a modified printer name for the request. The names that correspond to particular printer features can be found in the output of the printers command.
To have a file printed, use the command lpr filename, where filename is the name of the file you want to print.
Note: if you use wildcard expansion (e.g., lpr *), make sure that no more than 30 files are specified. If more than 30 files are specified, nothing will print, and you will get no notification of the failure.
If you discover that a printer is not working properly, is jammed, needs toner/ink, or has an error message on the display, please send an email to csstaff@cs.princeton.edu, so that we can fix the problem. Note that we do not, in general, leave toner/ink supplies by the printers, as you need to have some experience with the printers in order to prevent damage while replacing the consumables.
Please do not change printer settings using the front panel.