Printing from techstaff-maintained computers

Departmental printers are located in Ryerson 160b. They are named ry160b, ry160b-2, and ry160b-3. You need a key to this room to access them. Two printers are on the 4th floor of Ryerson, for use by the CSPP students: ry402 and ry402-2. There are a number of other printers installed throughout the department.

To print to one of these printers from a linux machine, you can use the lpr command:

lpr -Pry160b myFile.txt

HP 1320 printers are set to print postscript jobs submitted from linux machines in duplex mode. To convert plain text to postscript on a linux machine use a2ps or enscript. To print a postscipt job in simplex mode use the -Z flag in lpr:

lpr -Z simplex -P ry160b-3 myFile.ps

To choose between duplex and simplex on an HP 1320 from OS X, select File->Print... and then choose Layout in the drop down menu that says Copies & Pages. Click on the Two-Sided radio button that you want (None for simplex, Long Edge for standard duplexing).

Machines in the Regenstein Maclab have a special print configuration that allows them to use the University's pay-for-print Unified Print Solution.

Configuring printing on your own computer

This document describes how to configure your computer to print to any of the public printers in Ryerson. You must have a current CS account. The following instructions assume your computer is currently connected to the Internet. In Ryerson, you can connect using either a wired or a wireless connection.

Public Printers in Ryerson

Two printers are on the 4th floor of Ryerson, for use by the CSPP students:

  • Printer Name: ry402
    • Hostname: print54.uchicago.edu
    • Model: HP LaserJet 5000DN
  • Printer Name: ry402-2
    • Hostname: print55.uchicago.edu
    • Model: HP LaserJet P4515x
Three printers are located in Ryerson 163:
  • Printer Name: ry160b
    • Hostname: print20.cs.uchicago.edu
    • Model: Xerox Docuprint N4525
  • Printer Name: ry160b-2
    • Hostname: print56.cs.uchicago.edu
    • Model: Xerox Phaser 6360
  • Printer Name: ry160b-3
    • Hostname: printer-ryerson-160b-3.cs.uchicago.edu
    • Model: HP LaserJet 1320

Mac OS-X

  1. System Preferences Print and Fax Set up Printer
  2. Click +
  3. Select IP tab on top.
  4. Protocol: HP Jetdirect - Socket
  5. Printer Address: use the appropriate Hostname above
  6. Queue Name: leave blank
  7. Name and Location are for readability, use whatever you like
  8. Print Using: look for you driver here
  9. Click Add
  10. You should now be able to print to this printer.

Windows XP

  1. Control Panel, Printers and Faxes
  2. Click on Add a Printer
  3. Use the Wizard
  4. Select Local printer or stand-alone network printer and DESELECT the Automatically detect... checkbox. Click next.
  5. Click Create a new port and choose "TCP/IP port" as your new port. Click next.
  6. Enter the appropriate Hostname above.
  7. At this point just follow the prompts. You may have to install a printer driver.
  8. You should now be able to print.

Linux

To add a printer to a linux machine using CUPS you need to have a ppd for the printer model. You can usually find a ppd in the openprinting database.

Once you have the appropriate ppd, you can add the printer using the lpadmin command:

lpadmin -p ry160b-3 -E -v socket://printer-ryerson-160b-3.cs.uchicago.edu:9100 -P /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_1320_Series.ppd