Printing
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| + | Use the fiollowing instructions to install printing on any of the standard printers (all Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers). To set up printing on the multifunction printer Minolta bizhub C220 see [[#Multifunction printer setup|below]]. | ||
=== Configure printers on Linux === | === Configure printers on Linux === | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 13 December 2011
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General
All users connected to the local network can use all common printers (see the table of printers below). All standard printers (all HP LaserJet) are connected to the clara server and printing is only possible through this server. The big multifunction printer/scanner/copier Minolta bizhub C220 is connected to the clara server too, but print jobs can also be sent directly to the printer.
 Warning: | It is not possible to print directly to any of the standard printers (all HP LaserJet) although they are connected to the local network! Printer configuration on your computer must be always set to send all jobs to clara - jobs sent directly to printers will never be processed. |
Standard printers setup
Use the fiollowing instructions to install printing on any of the standard printers (all Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers). To set up printing on the multifunction printer Minolta bizhub C220 see below.
Configure printers on Linux
It is usually not necessary to install or configure printers under Linux. You must have CUPS software package installed to be able to print, but it is automatically installed and configured when installing most of the modern Linux distributions.
To check / modify printing setup and to see if all network printers are visible on your system, use Printer Control Panel, System Configuration or whichever utility / configuration application you distribution offers. All printers should appear as network printers on clara server with queue names as listed in the table below.
 | Note: | From time to time, there may appear the same printers in the list of available printers, which look like they were connected to other computers in the local network - do not pay attention to these, as they are only re-exported printers connected to clara. Users who re-exported the printers should repair their configuration as soon as possible, so ask them to do so or inform the administrator. |
Configure printers on Windows
Installing printer
For some reason, the best installation practice to install a network printer on Windows (at least since Windows XP) operating system is to use the following trick: do not install these printers as network printers, install them as local printers instead. To do so, follow these instructions (for Windows XP; modify as needed for Windows Vista or Windows 7):
- Open Control Pannel and select Printers and Faxes.
- Select Add a printer - an Add Printer Wizard appears.
- When asked, select Local printer attached to this computer and deselect Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer. Click Next.
- Select Create a new port and choose Local Port in the drop down list.
- When Port Name form appears, enter the port name in the following form
\\CLARA\HPxxxx
replacing xxxx with the queue name according to the table below.
- Select the proper driver in the table that follows or click on Have Disk ...' and browse to
\\CLARA\COMMON\ADMIN\DRIVERS
to find a driver.
- Continue with the wizard and answer the questions that follow (say Do not share this printer when asked).
- To confirm all settings, click Finish.
Configuring printer
As the printers are connected to the clara server, the client's PC does not get any information about the printer capabilities automatically and must be entered manually. Fortunately, the only parameter that needs to be set this way is the presence of duplex units the printer; on the other hand, if this parameter is not changed, user is not able to print double-sided documents. To change duplex unit setting, follow the instructions:
- Open Control Pannel and select Printers and Faxes.
- Right-click on the selected printer and select Properties. According to the printer type and the driver version the dialog that opens does not need to be exactly same as on the following picture - it should, however, be somehow similar.
- Select Device Settings tab and find Duplex Unit item. Change the setting to Installed.
- Select the General tab and click on Printing Preferences...
- Select Finishing tab and try to set Print on Both Sides. If you leave it checked here, it will stay as your default. You
can always change this setting when printing a document.
Multifunction printer setup
The print jobs to this printer can be sent either using clara server or directly to the printer. For direct printing setup one may need the printer IP address 147.231.129.22.
Configure printer on Linux
The easiest setup is to print to Minolta bizhub C220 from Linux the same way as to other standard printers, i.e. using clara server (see the instructions above).
Direct printing to bizhub C220 is also possible, but requires manual setup and usually needs expert-level experience and deep knowledge of selected Linux distribution. To install direct printing on Linux use an administration utility of your distribution. You may need to supply the PPD file and CUPS filter which can be found in//CLARA/COMMON/ADMIN/DRIVERS/BIZHUB220/LINUX/PPDdirectory or one of the Minolta's PPD files in ZIP packages in
//CLARA/COMMON/ADMIN/DRIVERS/BIZHUB220/ZIPdirectory.
Configure printer on Windows
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Available printers
This is the complete list of available printers.
| Printer | Picture | Type | Duplex | Queue | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP LaserJet 2300 | 
| laser b&w | yes | HPLJ2300 | server room |
| HP LaserJet 4100 | 
| laser b&w | yes | HPLJ4100 | server room |
| HP Color LaserJet 4650 | 
| laser color | yes | HPLJ4650 | server room |
| HP Color LaserJet 4005 | 
| laser color | yes | HPLJ4005 | entrance |
| Minolta bizhub C220 | 
| laser color | yes | none | entrance |
