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There are three (3) printers currently attached to the SGI. Two are dot matrix printers located in the Computer Lab and the other is a high speed printer in the I/O Room in Computing Services.  The default printer is the dot matrix printer in the Computer Lab which is labelled "lp".
To send a file to the default printer, simply specify the "lpr" command. To send a file to either of the other two printers, you must use the "lpr" command with th "-P" option.  Output sent to the high speed printer is to be picked up at the I/O Window.

The following table gives the appropriate commands needed to print on each of the printers and the commands required to check the status of the print queues ("lpq" command).
 
 

     Command             Printer Selected
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     lpr filename        default printer - dot matrix printer
                         in Computer Lab labelled "lp"

     lpq                 check print queue of default printer
 

     lpr -Plp2           2nd dot matrix printer in Computer Lab
 

     lpq -Plp2           check queue of 2nd dot matrix printer

 
     lpr -Pstd           high-speed printer in I/O Room,
                         8 lines per inch
 

     lpq -Pstd           check print queue of high-speed printer
 

     lpr -P7120          high-speed printer in I/O Room,
                         6 lines per inch
 

     lpq -P7120          check print queue of high-speed printer
 
 
 

For more information on printing special forms, give the command "public line.printing.info" or contact the Helpdesk at ext. 4440 in room 108, Computing Services.

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