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Printing FAQs
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  • Where are the physics printers?

    Please see our printer list page.

  • How do I install Physics Department printers?

    For Windows computer in general:
    1. Open Printer and Faxes in Control Panel.
    2. Click on Add Printer and press next.
    3. Select Local printer attached to this comptuer.
    4. Select Create a new port. Port type is Standard TCP/IP Port
    5. Keep pressing next and enter the hostname of the printer from the printer list page as the printer name.
    6. Select the appropriate driver and keep clicking next until finish.
    For Mac computer in general:
    1. Open Print & Fax in System Preferences.
    2. Click on the + icon under the printer list on the left.
    3. Select HP JetDirect as the protocol.
    4. Type the hostname of the printer found on the printer list page as the Address.
    5. Click OK.
    If you are still having trouble installing, please contact department system administrator for further assistance.
    Most printers can only be used within Physics.

  • The printer is frozen with error message "49.XXXX Service Error". What should I do?

    This is an error usually caused by files corrupted over the network. The only way to fix it is to restart the printer.
    To fix this problem:
    1. Turn off the printer.
    2. Wait 10 seconds.
    3. Turn it back on.
    4. If the error comes back again, turn off the printer and wait 10 seconds.
    5. Turn on the printer and cancel the first job that comes to the printer.
    If printing a particular file causes the error to reappear, delete that print job and download that file again. If normal printing is not resumed afterwards, please contact the department system administrator.

  • What should I do when the printer is out of paper or out of toner?

    Please contact the department system administrator.

  • The printer is asking for A4 paper and would not print my job.

    For documents written outside of the US, the standard paper size is A4 but not US Letter. There are 2 solutions:
    • Press the Green button on the printer and follow the instructions to use Letter size paper instead.
    • Go to the Physics office and ask for A4 paper if it is absolutely necessary.

  • If I frequently use a printer in the unix terminal, how can I make the command shorter?

    You can set unix command alias for frequently used printer. Aliases are short cuts of long commands. You can set aliases in bash, csh and tcsh. Following are examples of setting alias lp6 to print file on room639b. (See Print on the Physics Department printers.)
    • bash: Add following line in your ~/.bashrc file
        alias lp6='lpr -Proom639b'
    • csh/tcsh: Add following line in your ~/.cshrc file
        alias lp6 'lpr -Proom639b'
    The the command of printing file paper.ps will be lp6 paper.ps instead of lpr -Proom639b paper.ps.
    Use command source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.cshrc to make aliases available. Type alias to see the list of all your aliases. You can remove the alias by some thing like unalias lp6. If the alias line is in your ~/.bashrc(~/.cshrc) file, you will have the alias everytime you login.