Printing at UiO via internet

December 10, 2012

These notes were made after following the UiO guidelines found here.

Get started:

1. Download cups2priss_init here
2. Move the file from the Downloads folder (or whatever folder you put it in) to the usr/local/bin folder:
   Open a terminal window and type:
   cd Downloads
sudo mv cups2priss_init /usr/local/bin/
3. Change directory by typing:
   cd /usr/local/bin/
4. Make the file executable to all users by typing:
   sudo chmod a+rx cups2priss_init
5. Run
   sudo cups2priss_init -R


You’ll now be able to access the UiO printers. A list of the different printers can be found here.

Printing:

1. Navigate to the folder where the file you want to print is located:
   eg. /Documents/Out
   cd Documents/Out/
2. To see the files listed in the folder, type
   dir
3. Print file (file.pdf) by typing either
   lpr.cups -P[printername] file.pdf
   or if you don’t have lpr.cups
   lpr -P[printername] file.pdf
   Soo, if you want to use the printer called printer3, type
   lpr -Pprinter3 file.pdf

Hopefully you’re all set now. Think of the environment before you go bananas, though ;-)

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