Printing in the 7th building
New setup as of 2011-12-05
Inria now has a Rocquencourt-wide CUPS server with all the printers. It should work as per the below document, replacing @fylvestre.inria.fr@ with @lancups-roc.inria.fr@. When it appears.
Old documentation
A CUPS server is running on fylvestre, sharing IMARA's printers (via SAMBA too).
| Name | Model | PPD | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Imara_l0737a | HP Laserjet 4050 | imara_l0737a.ppd | In the workshop |
Imara_l0700d | NRG DSm635 PXL | imara_l0700d.ppd | Copying machine |
Imara_l0700e | HP Laserjet 4050 | imara_l0700e.ppd | Server room (731) |
Imara_c0737a | Xerox Phaser 8400DP | imara_c0737a.ppd | Color printer |
... as a CUPS client
Just add the following line to your /etc/cups/client.conf:
ServerName fylvestre.inria.fr
You can then list the available printers:
$ lpstat -a Imara_c0737a accepting requests since Mon 23 Jul 2007 06:25:15 AM CEST Imara_l0700d accepting requests since Mon 23 Jul 2007 06:25:15 AM CEST Imara_l0700e accepting requests since Mon 23 Jul 2007 06:25:15 AM CEST Imara_l0737a accepting requests since Mon 30 Jul 2007 11:09:44 AM CEST
And choose the one to use by default:
$ lpoptions -d Imara_l0737a job-sheets=none,none printer-info='HP Laserjet 4050' printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 4050 Series Postscript (recommended)' printer-state=3 printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=37076
... as a CUPS server
(This is recommended for laptops as some applications may hang if the remote printing server is not available.)
Tell the CUPS daemon to poll the fylvestre's printers, in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:
BrowsePoll fylvestre.inria.fr
You can also specifically add the desired printers by their URI and using the above PPD files as drivers (if missing):
ipp://fylvestre.inria.fr/printers/Imara_x07xxx
... using SAMBA (Windows)
Just browse and select the printer you want, then install the appropriate driver.
Server administration
Every user having an account on fylvestre belonging to the lpadmin group can administer the printing server. This can be quickly done as follows:
$ sudo usermod -G OTHER_GROUPS,lpadmin USER
Currently, only the operator is in this group.
