1. Setting up a printer on a laptop

2. Setting up a printer under Windows

3. Specifying the default printer

4. Configuration for duplex printing

5. CUPS - Common UNIX Printing System

6. Frequently asked questions

Setting up a new printer

To set up a new printer that is not yet available on your system, proceed as follows:

1. Click on "Start" or press the "Windows key"
2. Enter "Run"
3. Enter \\turnbull in the window that opens.
4. A new window should then open in which all available printers are displayed.
5. Select the desired printer with the right mouse button
6. Click twice with the right mouse button on the printer
7. After a short moment, the printer should have been fully institutionalised and be available.

As an alternative to points 1-3, there is a corresponding shortcut with the name"Printer" on the desktop of the device on most of the devices managed by us.

Important: Printers can only be set up and used if the computer is connected to the maths network either locally via cable or via a VPN connection.

About the printer names

The printer names contain the printer type (lw for LaserWriter) and the room number in which they are located.

For example, lw-d2-320 stands for the printer in room D2.320.

The default or standard printer is the printer that is used by all applications for printing without having to select it first. It is therefore advisable to set the printer on which most documents are printed as the default printer.

To set a printer as the default printer, do the following:

1. Press the key combination"Windows + i"
2. Click on"Devices".
3. Click on"Printers & scanners" on the left-hand side
4. All printers are now displayed
5. Remove the tick next to"Windows manages default printers"
6. Click on the printer that you want to have as the default printer
7. Click on"Manage"
8. Click on"Set as default" (this is now your default printer)

Activate duplex option

Depending on the printer model and driver, it may be necessary to tell the system that the printer is duplex-capable so that the option of double-sided printing is available. This is possible under Windows 10 as follows:

1. Press the key combination"Windows + i"
2. Click on"Devices".
3. Continue to click on"Printers & scanners" on the left
4. All printers are now displayed
5. Select the printer by clicking on it
6. Click on "Manage"
7. Click on"Printer properties"
8. Select the "Device settings" tab
9. If available, set "Module for double-sided printing" to "installed"

Activate duplex printing by default

1. Press the key combination"Windows + i"
2. Click on"Devices".
3. Continue to click on"Printers & scanners" on the left
4. All printers are now displayed
5. Select the printer by clicking on it
6. Click on "Manage"
7. Click on"Printer settings"
8. In the "Print options" tab, select "Print on page:" 2-sided.

• CUPS documentation about printer options

Print files

Text, PostScript, PDF and image files can be printed directly with the command

lpr filename

Select printer

The printer can be selected with the -P option

lpr -P printer name filename

Print multiple copies

Multiple copies can be printed with

lpr -#<number of copies> filename

Deleting print jobs

With the command

lpq -P printer-name

you can display the current print jobs of the printer printer-name. You can then delete individual print jobs with

lprm -P printer-name job-id

Specifying print options

The above commands are sufficient for most applications. If you want to make further settings, these can be made with the -o option. E.G:

lpr -o landscape -o scaling=75 -o media=A4 filename.jpg

There are the following options, among others:

Print in colour

With the following option you can print in colour.

-o XRColorMode=Colour

Alignment

A printout can be aligned in various ways. The option

-o landscape

option rotates the printout by 90 degrees. The option

-o orientation-requested=N

rotates the printout depending on N:

-o orientation-requested=3 Portrait (no rotation)

-o orientation-requested=4 Landscape (90 degrees)

-o orientation-requested=5 inverted landscape (270 degrees)

-o orientation-requested=6 inverted portrait (180 degrees)

Duplex printing

with the option

-o sides=one-sided

you print on one side. With the option

-o sides=two-sided-long-edge

you print two-sided for portrait and with the option

-o sides=two-sided-short-edge

option to print on both sides for landscape.

Print sequence

with the option

-o outputorder=reverse

option, print the pages in reverse order instead of page 1, page 2, page 3, ...., etc., i.e. page 1 last.

Print even/odd pages

With the option

-o page-set=even

you only print even page numbers, with the option

-o page-set=odd

only odd pages.

Print several pages on one

With the option

-o number-up=2

option prints two pages reduced in size on one page. The option works with the parameters 1,2,4,6,9,16.

You can separate the individual pages with dashes and influence the arrangement of the pages. Please refer to the original documentation for more information.

Select paper tray

The option

-o media=xyz

sets the paper or the paper tray. xyz can be one or more parameters separated by commas. Not all printers support all parameters.

Upper paper tray

upper

Middle paper tray

middle

Lower paper tray

lower

Manual paper feed

Manual

This is only a selection of the most important options. Further options are explained in the original documentation.

Xerox Workcentre 6505: Printer reports "No paper - load paper"

Xerox Workcentre 6505: Scan & email as PDF/TIFF does not work

How can I improve the quality of my printouts?

How do I print single-sided (no duplex)?

Ocular: No umlauts are printed

Why are my PDF documents not printing correctly?

Which file formats are supported by lpr?

How do I print four pages on one (4UP)?

How do I print 42 copies?

How do I switch on duplex as default (Linux)?

How do I print duplex?

Which printers are available?

How do I output the print queue?

How do I delete a print job? How do I print from the command line?

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Xerox Workcentre 6505: Printer reports "No paper - load paper"

This message appears when there is no paper in the paper cassette or in the manual subject area. If you have sent a job for the manual feeder, it can only be printed from the manual feeder. It is not possible to switch to the paper cassette on the device.

Xerox Workcentre 6505: Scan & e-mail as PDF/TIFF does not work

PDF/TIFF files can only be sent if the printer is set to b/w scanning. Check that the indicator light next to the "Colour original" button is not lit. To switch the colour mode, press the "Colour template" button and select the correct mode using the menu buttons.

How can I improve the quality of my printouts?

All printers are set by default to deliver high speed, high quality printouts. If better quality printouts are required, this can be adjusted. Under Linux the settings can be adjusted via lpr options or via kprinter.

Linux (CUPS) Windows

Floor printer XROutputMode=HighQuality Printer settings: Image quality "Image quality: High quality

Workstation printer OutputMode=1200dpi Printer settings: Image quality "Print quality mode: 1200dpi

How do I print single-sided (no duplex)?

lpr -o sides=one-sided

Ocular: No umlauts are printed

If Okular does not print the documents correctly, try one of the other installed pdf viewers: xpdf or evince

Why are my PDF documents not printing correctly?

There are many reasons why PDF documents cannot be printed correctly. The best results can be achieved with Okular or via command line and lpr. If you have problems, try printing your documents with Okular first, which supports the PDF format best among the PDF viewers available for GNU/Linux. If Okular still fails, try one of the other installed PDF viewers: xpdf or evince

Which file formats are supported by lpr?

The following file formats can be printed directly with lpr

PDF

Postscript

Image formats: gif, jpeg, png, tiff, pnm, pbm, ppm, pgm, photocd, bmp

Text

How do I print four pages on one (4UP)?

lpr -P PRINTER -o number-up=4

How do I print 42 copies?

lpr -# 42

How do I switch on duplex as default (Linux)?

lpoptions -p DRUCKER -o sides=two-sided-long-edge

How do I print duplex?

To print duplex with the lpr command, use the parameter lpr -o duplex-long-edge

Which printers are available?

A list of all available printers can be found at cups.math.uni-paderborn.de/printers. Alternatively, you can output a textual printer list with the command lpstat -a.

How do I output the printer queue?

There are two ways to display the printer queue. One is via the command line and the other is via the web frontend.

• The programme lpq is available for displaying the queue via the command line. The appropriate printer can be selected with the parameter lpq -P printer name.
• The web frontend can be accessed at cups.math.uni-paderborn.de/printers. There you will find a list of all printers, among other things. Clicking on a printer in the list opens the properties page. There you will find, among other things, the printer queue.

How do I delete a print job?

There are two ways to delete a print job. One is via a command line command and the other is via the web front end.

• To delete a print job via the command line, you must first find out the job ID of the job. This can be achieved by displaying the printer queue using lpq -P PRINTERNAME. To delete the print job, use the command lprm -P PRINTERNAME JOBID. For example, to delete the print job with the job ID 23 from the printer lw-d2-301, use: lprm -P lw-d2-301 23
• The web frontend can be accessed at cups.math.uni-paderborn.de/printers. There you will find a list of all printers. Clicking on a printer in the list takes you to its properties page. On this page you will find, among other things, the printer queue. Next to each print job in the list is a link with which the print job can be cancelled.

How do I print from the command line?

The programme lpr is used for printing from the command line. The most important parameter is lpr -P druckername . For example, to print the document evilmath.pdf on the printer "lw-d2-301" use lpr -P lw-d2-301 evilmath.pdf