How to print from Unix and Pine? Information on Available Printers

• Read http://www.to.infn.it/avvisi/printer.html
• Available printing commands:

  lpr -Plps_xerox	5th floor Xerox (to4fpr.to.infn.it)
  lpr -Plps_eth5	5th floor (to44pr.to.infn.it)
  lpr -Plps_xerox1	1st floor Xerox (to4dpr.to.infn.it)
  lpr -Pphtkpr	1st floor (phtkpr.ph.unito.it)

• Commands for checking the print queues:

  lpq -Plps_xerox	5th floor Xerox (to4fpr.to.infn.it)
  lpq -Plps_eth5	5th floor (to44pr.to.infn.it)
  lpq -Plps_xerox1	1st floor Xerox (to4dpr.to.infn.it)
  lpq -Pphtkpr	1st floor (phtkpr.ph.unito.it)

• Commands for killing a print job (the job number is shown by lpq):

  lprm -Plps_xerox job number	5th floor Xerox (to4fpr.to.infn.it)
  lprm -Plps_eth5 job number	5th floor (to44pr.to.infn.it)
  lprm -Plps_xerox1 job number	1st floor Xerox (to4dpr.to.infn.it)
  lprm -Pphtkpr job number	1st floor (phtkpr.ph.unito.it)

• Commands for printing on two sides (the Xerox printers print two-sides by default; the Xerox printer on the 5th floor (to4fpr.to.infn.it) prints only two-sided):

  lpr -K2 -Plps_eth5	5th floor (to44pr.to.infn.it)
  lpr -K2 -Pphtkpr	1st floor (phtkpr.ph.unito.it)

• Commands for converting a text file to PostScript and sending it to a printer:

  enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox	5th floor Xerox (to4fpr.to.infn.it)
  enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_eth5	5th floor (to44pr.to.infn.it)
  enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox1	1st floor Xerox (to4dpr.to.infn.it)
  enscript -M A4 -G -Pphtkpr	1st floor (phtkpr.ph.unito.it)

• Commands for converting a text file to PostScript and sending it to a printer, printing on two sides (the Xerox printers print two-sides by default; the Xerox printer on the 5th floor (to4fpr.to.infn.it) prints only two-sided):

  enscript -M A4 -G -DDuplex:true -Plps_eth5	5th floor (to44pr.to.infn.it)
  enscript -M A4 -G -DDuplex:true -Pphtkpr	1st floor (phtkpr.ph.unito.it)

• You can define easy commands for printing, cheching the queues and killing jobs with the alias command in the .cshrc file if you use the C shell or in the .bashrc file if you use the Bash shell (check with "echo $SHELL").
  For example, if you use the C shell (typically in Unix), you can put in the .cshrc file (or in the .tcshrc file if you use tcsh) the following lines:

  alias ens5 'enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox' alias lpr5 'lpr -Plps_xerox' alias lpq5 'lpq -Plps_xerox' alias lprm5 'lprm -Plps_xerox' alias ens5b 'enscript -M A4 -G -DDuplex:true -Plps_eth5' alias ens5bs 'enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_eth5' alias lpr5b 'lpr -K2 -Plps_eth5' alias lpr5bs 'lpr -Plps_eth5' alias lpq5b 'lpq -Plps_eth5' alias lprm5b 'lprm -Plps_eth5' alias ens1 'enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox1' alias lpr1 'lpr -Plps_xerox1' alias lpq1 'lpq -Plps_xerox1' alias lprm1 'lprm -Plps_xerox1' alias ens1b 'enscript -M A4 -G -DDuplex:true -Pphtkpr' alias ens1bs 'enscript -M A4 -G -Pphtkpr' alias lpr1b 'lpr -K2 -Pphtkpr' alias lpr1bs 'lpr -Pphtkpr' alias lpq1b 'lpq -Pphtkpr' alias lprm1b 'lprm -Pphtkpr'

  The corresponding lines that you must put in .bashrc if you use the Bash shell (usually in Linux) are:

  alias ens5='enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox' alias lpr5='lpr -Plps_xerox' alias lpq5='lpq -Plps_xerox' alias lprm5='lprm -Plps_xerox' alias ens5b='enscript -M A4 -G -DDuplex:true -Plps_eth5' alias ens5bs='enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_eth5' alias lpr5b='lpr -K2 -Plps_eth5' alias lpr5bs='lpr -K1 -Plps_eth5' alias lpq5b='lpq -Plps_eth5' alias lprm5b='lprm -Plps_eth5' alias ens1='enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox1' alias lpr1='lpr -Plps_xerox1' alias lpq1='lpq -Plps_xerox1' alias lprm1='lprm -Plps_xerox1' alias ens1b='enscript -M A4 -G -DDuplex:true -Pphtkpr' alias ens1bs='enscript -M A4 -G -Pphtkpr' alias lpr1b='lpr -K2 -Pphtkpr' alias lpr1bs='lpr -K1 -Pphtkpr' alias lpq1b='lpq -Pphtkpr' alias lprm1b='lprm -Pphtkpr'

• Printing e-mail messages from Pine:

  1. In the MAIN MENU choose SETUP.

  2. At the question "Choose a setup task from the menu below :" answer "P".

  3. Go to "Personally selected print command" and hit "A".

  4. At the question "Enter printer name :" answer, for example, "ens5".

  5. At the question "Enter command for printer :" answer,for example, "enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox".

  6. Now the printer ens5 is in the list. If you want to make it the default printer, go on it with the down arrow and hit "S". The line on the top of the page must become "Default printer currently set to "ens5".".

  7. Add other printers if you want.

  8. Hit "E" and answer "Yes" to the question "Commit changes ("Yes" replaces settings, "No" abandons changes)?".

  9. Now the printer is setup and you can try to print a message hitting "Y" while you are reading it.

  10. If you have problem, check your printer setup page. For example, I have selected ens5 as default printer and my printer setup page looks as follows:

      PINE 4.10 SETUP PRINTER You may "Select" a print command as your default printer. You may also add custom print commands to the list in the "Personally" selected print command" section below. Default printer currently set to "ens5". Printer attached to IBM PC or compatible, Macintosh This may not work with all attached printers, and will depend on the terminal emulation/communications software in use. It is known to work with Kermit and the latest UW version of NCSA telnet on Macs and PCs, Versaterm Pro on Macs, and WRQ Reflections on PCs. Printer: attached-to-ansi attached-to-ansi-no-formfeed Standard UNIX print command Using this option may require setting your "PRINTER" or "LPDEST" environment variable using the standard UNIX utilities. Printer List: "" lpr Personally selected print command The text to be printed will be piped into the command given here. The command is in the 2nd column, the printer name is in the first column. Som examples are: "prt", "lpr", "lp", or "enscript". The command may be given with options, for example "enscript -2 -r" or "lpr -Plpacc170". The commands and options on your system may be different from these examples. Printer List: "ens5" enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox "ens1" enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox1 ? Help E Exit Setup P Prev - PrevPage % Print S [Select] N Next Spc NextPage W WhereIs

  11. Alternatively, you can edit the .pinerc file, for example, as follows (search for "# Your default printer selection"):

      # Your default printer selection printer=ens5 [] enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox # List of special print commands personal-print-command=ens5 [] enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox, ens1 [] enscript -M A4 -G -Plps_xerox1

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