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Printing in Nikola


Printers and their locations

TIAL printers

Name Location Type Notes
aeo EEB-215A Xerox Phaser 6300DN Full Color
auk EEB-215D HP LaserJet 4100 Black and White

MELODI printers

Name Location Type Notes
cya EEB-417 Xerox Phaser 6360DN Full Color

Converting Files to PostScript

All printers in the Nikola environment are required to support PostScript printing. In order to be sure your print job will succeed, converting your chosen files to PostScript will gurantee that they print.

Simple Print Commands

To print a file:

lpr [-P printer] [-# num-copies] file

To display a list of available printers:

lpstat -p

To check the status of a printer:

lpq [-P printer]

To remove a print job from a queue:

Use lpq to find the job id. Then use:
lprm [-P printer] jobid

For further details see: