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UBC Mathematics: MathNet FAQ [Remote Printing]
UBC Mathematics: MathNet FAQ [Remote Printing]
Question: Can I remotely send print jobs to MathNet printers?
Author: Joseph Tam
Date: 2018-01-19
You can submit print jobs to the MathNet public printers from network
connected computers.
Restrictions and caveats
- Print jobs only accepted from our wired networks: in particular, you
cannot print from the wireless network. you must be connected via wired
Ethernet connection in the MathNet networks. In order to print indirectly from
external networks, print to a file, then transfer that file to one of our public
workstations, then issue a command to print the file from that workstation.
- The same rules apply to remote and local printing: please pick up
your jobs promptly, etc. Refer to our printer use
guidelines.
- If you are no longer a department member, please remove our printers: if
you do not remove the printer definition, jobs can still be submitted to our printers,
but they will not be allowed to print because it will be in an external network.
However, some systems will not remove the print jobs, but queue it forever
to print, and also poll the status of our printer. To avoid this, please remove
this printer when you leave our department.
Remote Printer Settings
Owing to the many different systems, it would be difficult to compile
all the different instructions for each systems. However, each method
of installing a remote printer asks for the same information. These are the
following parameters that are relevant to setting up printing to our
network accessible printers:
Print server | printserver.math.ubc.ca |
Protocol | LPR/LPD |
Queue/printer name, model | (see this).
Most printers will work with "Generic Postscript". |
Options | All our printers can print double-sided (duplex).
Please enable this option. |
Windows Remote Printing
Windows users can try also using CIFS shared printing by specifing this UNC as a remote
printer:
\\samba.math.ubc.ca\{queue-name}
using the {queue-name} and printer model found in
this FAQ page. This method is not well supported anymore, so it may or may
not work for you.
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