Print services
General info
NIKHEF offers print service at the machine lpd.nikhef.nl and/or germon.nikhef.nl. This server accepts requests submitted via the LPR/LPD protocol from client machines.
A central print queue is maintained for each of the defined printers. Appropriate job conversion, filtering, and banner page insertion is performed.
Each queue is subdivided in a few priority classes, depending on the size of a job. Smaller jobs get higher priority. Within a class, jobs are handled on a first come first serve basis.
Available printers
Following is the list of all public printers which are accessible through the central print service. Printer selection is done via the official printer name mentioned in the first column.
Default printer properties areA4, paper, double sided, graytones.
| Name | Type | Location | Department | Properties |
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| H0 | HP Laserjet 4300 | vide | double sided | |
| H031 | HP Laserjet 4000 | Reception Desk | ||
| H052 | HP Laserjet 4300 | H052 | Financial Department | double sided |
| N045 | HP Laserjet 4350 | N045 | Engineering Department | double |
| N045a3 | HP Laserjet 5000 | N045 | Engineering Department | A3 |
| N045colorplot | Novajet color plotter | N045 | Engineering Department | A0, single sided, color |
| N045plot | WDV plotter | N045 | Engineering Department | A0, single sided |
| first floor | ||||
| color | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | color | |
| colorsingle | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | single sided, color | |
| a3 | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | A3, color | |
| a3single | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | A3, single sided, color | |
| sheet | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | sheet, color | |
| double | HP Laserjet 5100 | vide | double sided | |
| doublea3 | HP Laserjet 5100 | vide | A3 | |
| single | HP Laserjet 4050 | vide | single sided | |
| N121double | HP Laserjet 5100 | N121 | Electronic Department | double sided | H146 | HP Laserjet 4000 | H147 | Electronic Department | single sided | H154 | HP Laserjet 4200 | H154 | Electronic Department | single sided, toner Q1338A |
| second floor | ||||
| H2 | HP Laserjet 4200 | vide | Double Sided | |
| H221 | HP Laserjet 4000 | H221 | Personal Department | double sided |
| H233 | HP Laserjet 4300 | H233 | Secretariat | double sided |
| H238 | HP Laserjet 4200 | H233 | single sided, toner Q1338A | |
| N244double | HP Laserjet 4300 | vide | double sided | |
| N244color | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | double sided, color | |
| N244colorsingle | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | single sided, color | |
| N244sheet | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | sheet, color | |
| N244a3 | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | A3 double sided, color | |
| N244a3single | HP Laserjet 9500hdn | vide | A3 single sided, color | |
| third floor | ||||
| H3 | HP Lasetjet 4200 | vide | double sided | |
| N3 | HP Laserjet 4350 | vide | doube sided | |
Submitting jobs
UNIX
A print job is submitted via the command lpr -Pprinter, in which printer is the official printer name mentioned in the table above. See the manual page of the lpr command for a description of the possible options that can be specified.
Windows
A print job is submitted via the print command in the file menu (or otherwise depending on the application). The Add Printer program can be used to add or delete network printers.
Cancelling jobs
UNIX
Once submitted, a print job can be cancelled via the command lprm -Pprinter, in which printer is the official printer name mentioned in the table above. The command needs a job number, which can be retrieved via the command lpq -Pprinter -l.
A job can be cancelled only from the same client machine that was used to submit the job. You cannot cancel a print job of somebody else. Only jobs waiting in the queue can be cancelled. Once it has become active, you are too late.
Windows
Once submitted, a print job can be cancelled via the command lprm -Pprinter -Slpdhost, in which printer is the official printer name mentioned in the table above. The command needs a job number, which can be retrieved via the command lpq -Pprinter -Slpdhost -l.
Both commands can be executed from the command prompt window cmd.
The same restrictions as mentioned above for cancelling jobs are valid for the Windows environment as well.
Restrictions
Ordinary ASCII text files cannot be sent directly from Unix systems to the printers. The command enscript is available to submit these kind of files to the printers. See the manual page of the enscript command for a description of the possible options that can be specified.