Printing

Departmental printers are available for use on each floor of Nichols Hall. See the printers list or the bottom of this page for a list of current printers available.

As a student of the CIS department, you are entitled to print 250 pages free of charge each semester (graduate students may be given more depending on their status).

NOTE: Use of printers is restricted to CIS students and should not be used to give access to anyone else. Unauthorized use may result in loss of account privileges.

Printing from a lab machine

Windows

All appropriate printers should appear automatically in the File > Print dialog. If you feel that there are printers you should have access to missing, please contact the support team.

Linux

Print Commands

The CIS department uses the Common UNIX Printing System for printing under Linux. In addition to printing from the File->Print menu in most graphical applications, users have the ability to print from the commandline. Some of the commonly used commands are the following:

• lp or lpr : both of these print files, the examples below use lpr

• lpq : displays queued print jobs

• lprm : removes queued print jobs

• lpstat : gives status information for printers

  • lpoptions : sets user-specific printer options and defaults

Examples of how to perform some common tasks:

• lpstat -p : displays a list of available printers in the department (access to all printers except those in labs is restricted to certain users)

• echo "test" | lpr : prints the text "test" to the default printer

• lpr filename : prints filename to the default printer

• lpr -P n016-hp8150 filename : prints filename to the printer in the Nichols 16 lab

• lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge : prints filename duplex (two-sided) to the default printer

• lpr -o number-up=2 filename : prints filename using half as much paper

• lpr -# 4 filename : prints 4 copies of filename to the default printer

• lpq : displays the current queue of print jobs running on the default printer

• lpq -a : displays the current queue of all print jobs

• lprm 30 : removes print job 30  from the print queue

• lpoptions -d n016-hp8150 : sets your default printer to n016-hp8150

For more information, refer to the Cups Guide to printing and the man pages for the tools.

Printing text files

In addition to printing the text files "raw", one can use the following utilities to format the text:

• a2ps filename.txt | lpr: prints the text file in a nicer format; check the man file for more options as this program can do quite a bit

• enscript -r filename.txt | lpr: prints a text file in landscape format; check the man file for more options as this program (like a2ps) can do quite a bit

Printing from a personal computer

All Users

• Choose one of the following for public printers

  • n016-hp8150

  • n126-hp8150

• If you are a member of staff or faculty, you have access to restricted printers. A list of these can be found on the Printers page or at the bottom of this page. Others will only have access to the printers in public labs.

• If you want/need the drivers for the Savin copier/printer, you can download it here.

Windows

To install one of the department printers on your Windows laptop, follow these steps.

1. Go to your Start Menu > Run

   1. XP/XP64: Click Run, type in \\ike.w2k.cis.ksu.edu, and click "OK"

   2. Vista: Type \\ike.w2k.cis.ksu.edu in the "Start Search" box and press <Enter>

   Note (for all versions of Windows): Wired network users may use “ike” instead of “ike.w2k.cis.ksu.edu” for the server name, but either will work. Wireless users must use the long form.

2. If prompted, enter your CIS username and password

   1. Vista: In the Username box type "W2K\<username>", where <username> is your username.

3. Right click on the printer you want and select "Connect"

OS X

To install one of the department printers on your OS X laptop, follow these steps.

1. Open the "Print & Fax" preference pane from the System Preferences

2. Click on the "+" to add a printer

   Method A

   1. Click on "More printers" to search for network printers
   2. Select "Windows Printing" in the top drop-down box and "Network Neighborhood" in the bottom drop-down box
   3. Select W2K from the list of available Windows networks and click on "Choose"
   4. Select "Ike" from the list of print servers and click on "Choose"
   5. Enter your CIS username and password when prompted
   6. Select the printer you want to use from the list
   7. The printer model can be left as "Generic" or set to the appropriate model for the target printer
   8. Click on the "Add" button

   Method B

   1. Hold the option key and click on "More printers"... continue holding the option key until the new dialog box opens
   2. Select "Advanced" on the top drop-down box
   3. For the device, select "Windows Printer via SAMBA"
   4. For the device name, enter an identifier for the printer

   5. For the device URI, you'll need to enter something of the form:

      smb://myusername:mypassword@w2k/ike.w2k.cis.ksu.edu/n126-hp8150

      Replace "myusername" with your username, "mypassword" with your password, and "n126-hp8150" with the printer that you're trying to print to.
   6. The printer model can be left as "Generic" or set to the appropriate model for the target printer
   7. Click on the "Add" button

   Method C (Attn Leopard Users)

   1. Right-click (CTRL-click) on the toolbar at the top of the window and select “Customize Toolbar...”

   2. Drag the “Advanced” button to the toolbar and drop it wherever you want, then click “Done” to close the customization popup (Beleive it or not, this actually makes the process easier)

   3. Click on your new “Advanced” button

   4. Select “Windows” from the Type drop-down box

   5. For the device URI, enter something like the following:

      smb://w2k/ike.w2k.cis.ksu.edu/n126-hp8150

      Replace “n126-hp8150” with the printer you would like to print to. Wired network users may use “ike” instead of “ike.w2k.cis.ksu.edu” for the server name, but either will work. Wireless users must use the long form.

   6. Enter a name and location in the appropriate boxes

   7. In the “Print Using” drop-down box, you may select “Generic Postscript Driver” as all processing is done by the server, or if you wish, you can select “Select a driver to use...” and choose an appropriate driver for the target printer. Note: If you select a specific driver, the icon for the printer will be an image of the actual printer model.

   8. Click on the "Add" button

   9. Specify additional printer features in the “Installable Options” popup and click the “Continue” button. Note: if you want to use additional features for a printer, such as double-sided printing (duplexing) of specific tray selection, you must select those options that are available for the printer here. You can do this now or later by clicking on "Options & Supplies..." for that printer in Print & Fax under System Preferences.

   10. The first time you chose your newly installed network printer, you will be prompted for your username and password. Enter your CIS account information here and check “Remember this password in my keychain” box to prevent being prompted for this password in the future.

NOTE: If you want to install the Savin copier/printer or are on the K-State.net wireless network, you must use Method B as outlined above.