With a Unix Pool account, students have the option to use our printers. Each account comes with a printing quota that is reset every month. The Unix Pool facilities have got three printers installed:
Printer | Mode | Location |
ps1 | B/W | Hauptsaal |
ps2 | B/W | Westsaal |
ps3 | Colour | Hauptsaal |
To print a document, you can use the printing dialogue of your preferred application, although we recommend the operating system's printing dialogue which is more reliable. Experienced users may use the Linux command line printing tools, too.
Default settings:
User accounts issued at Unix Pool come with a printing quota:
Account Type | Quota (B/W) | Quota (Colour) |
Regular User | 50 sheets (up to 100 pages) | 3 sheets (up to 6 pages) |
Course Participant | 12 sheets (up to 24 pages) | 3 sheets (up to 6 pages) |
Hint: Unix-Pool does not offer the option to extend a quota by payment.
Command | Effect |
lpr () ( ...) | Print using default printer |
lpr -Pps2 | print on printer ps2 |
lpr -o sides=one-sided -Pps2 | print one-sided on ps2 |
lpr -Pps2 -# | print copies on ps2 |
lpq -Pps2 | Show queue of printer ps2 |
cancel | Delete job no. |
lpmove | Move job to printer |
With a little workaround, it is possible to print multiple pages or book layouts. For that to work, one has to convert the decument to be printed into a .ps file. The following examplary commands can be applied:
Effect | Command |
Make two pages appear on one page ...zwei Seiten auf einem Blatt erscheinen | psnup -2 in.ps out.ps |
Arrange pages like in a book ...Seiten wie bei einem Buch angeordnet sind | psbook in.ps out.ps |
Turn every other page by 180° ...jede zweite Seite um 180° gedreht ist | bookmaker in.ps out.ps |
Print in book layout ...es gefaltet als Buch gelesen werden kann | bookmaker -2 in.ps out.ps |