The advantage of the new printer is better color, speed, reliability, configurability, duplexing, etc. Please email Monica Armstrong if you have comments.
Use only transparencies on the approved list, which Monica has.
Be sure to enter an ACCOUNT NUMBER when you send your print job, so Monica can do the billing.
Start program Windows LPR Spooler. The window LPR
Spooler 4.2a Window will appear.
Click: Setup, Queues, Define New Queue
Enter the following:
Local Spool File Name: CANON
Remote Print Queue: print_1100
Remote Host Name or IP: canon.astro.cornell.edu
Queue description: Canon 1150 on Fiery Server
Protocol to used: BSD LPR/LPR Protocol (WLPR2.DLL)
2. Get the Windows driver. It will start a Java program.
Click on Installer > Printer Files for Windows.
PRNTDRVE.EXE will be selected. Put it in a temp
directory. It's a self-expanding file so run it.
Start > Control Panel > Printers. Click Add Printer > Local Printer > Add Port LPR
Name or Address: canon.astro.cornell.edu
Name of Printer: print_1100
Add Printer Wizard window opens > Have Disk > c:\printdrvr > oemsetup.inf
Add Printer Wizard window > Hi Lite: Color PASS-Z 60
3. Setting Duplex printing:
Start > Settings > Printers > Hilite Color Pass - Z 60
Right Click on it. > Properties > Device Settings ( Right Tab)
Scroll to the bottom of the upper window:
Installable Options > Copier Type > Choose CLC 1150
Install OS 9.1 in your Mac
or copy Print Lib from McStasavage, Stasavage's Shared Files. Put it
in your Extensions folder replacing the older one.
2. Get the Mac driver. It will
start a Java program.
Click on Installer > Printer Files for Macintosh.
Printer Driver.sea is transferred to your desktop,
so run it. A folder named Printer Driver will appear on your desktop.
Open the folder. Start Adobe PS 8.5 Installer.
Restart after it installs itself.
Find Desktop Printer Utility and start it.
Click on LPD, click Change next to Postscript Printer Selection, highlight Color Pass - Z 60, Select.
Click Change LPR Printer Selection
Type in Printer Address: canon.astro.cornell.edu
Type in Queue: print_1100
IP:
canon.astro.cornell.edu
print queue:
print_1100
hold queue:
hold_1100
direct queue:
direct_1100
Different systems do this differently. In all the examples, you may change the local name (canon) and spool directory (/var/spool/lpd/canon) as you see fit. Repeat the procedure for the hold_1100 and direct_1100 queues (NOTE: the direct queue is not now working).
Please give Monica a break, and put this in your .cshrc:
alias lpr 'lpr -J "U25-XXXX \!$" \!*'
This will add your account number to your job name.
Red Hat Linux 9:
As root, type printconf &
Click on NEW, this will start a dialog
Click FORWARD
Name: enter any name you like (for example, canon)
Short description: enter any description you like
Click FORWARD
Select "Networked UNIX (LPD)"
Server: canon.astro.cornell.edu
Queue: print_1100 (this is the normal print queue) OR
Queue: hold_1100 (this is the hold queue, see Further Options below)
Click FORWARD
Leave manufacturer as "Generic" (top of list)
Select "PostScript Printer" (If a Printer Profile becomes available
for this printer, we will post instructions here.)
Click FORWARD
Click APPLY
Click YES to print test page
Click OK to leave dialog
If you want to make a duplex queue:
In the Printer Configuration window, select the new printer and click
EDIT
Select "Driver options"
Under the "Double-Sided Printing" menu, select "Long Edge (Standard)"
Red Hat Linux, prior to version 9:
As root, type printtool &
Click on Add
Select "Remote Unix (lpd) Queue", click OK
Names: enter any name you like (for example, canon)
Spool Directory: /var/spool/lpd/canon
Remote Host: canon.astro.cornell.edu
Remote Queue: print_1100
Input filter: click Select
A window will pop up. Under Printer Type, scroll and select
"PostScript Printer". Click OK. The window will go away.
Click OK again.
Other Systems Using /etc/printcap
As root, add the following bare-bones entry to /etc/printcap.
canon:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=canon.astro.cornell.edu:\
:rp=print_1100:
Run the command: mkdir /var/spool/lpd/canon
Solaris
lpfilter -f postprint -F /etc/lp/fd/postprint.fd
lpadmin -p canon -v /dev/null -m netstandard
lpadmin -p canon -o protocol=tcp -o dest=canon.astro.cornell.edu:9100
lpadmin -p canon -T PS -I postscript
lpadmin -p canon -o nobanner
enable canon
accept canon
Thanks to Shami Chatterjeefor the clue!
Other Systems Entirely
Let me know what to do and I'll put the instructions here.
lpr -Pcanon -jU25-xxxx
to print, where xxxx is your account number. On some systems, replace
-j with -U (see your manual page). Use
lpq -Pcanon
to view the queue and
lprm -Pcanon 123
to remove job number 123 from the queue (or use the web software that is described below).
To print in duplex mode (both sides of the paper), you can send to the hold queue and use the web interface described in the next section, or you can modify these instructions for the queue and hostname given here to set up a duplex queue.
The print queue prints, the hold queue lets you set further options or interleave or combine it with another job. The direct queue prints the job and deletes it immediately from the server (in case you need security).
If you print to the hold queue, the job does not print, it just waits on the server. This lets you set printing options either via the web or at the printer's console. Most of these options are also available in the printer driver on Mac and Windows machines, so in those cases you don't need the hold queue. Connect to the server using a Java-enabled web browser. Click on "Web Spooler". If you're on Linux, click away all the error messages about scroll bar sizes.
There are three areas on the screen: Spool (jobs that are processing), RIP ("Raster Image Processor", jobs that have been processed into a raster and are waiting to print or are printing), and Print (Jobs that have printed). RIP jobs are in memory. The last 20 print jobs are sitting on the disk in the Print area. Aside from checking the status of your job by seeing which area it's in, you can access any job, set options, and (re)print.
Some useful options:
Job lets you set the number of copies (faster than submitting the job that many times).
Paper Source lets you select transparencies (you have to load them, of course, but they can go in the regular tray) or 11x14 paper. You can also select it to print a blank page between transparencies or a printed page with the same image on it, etc.
ColorWise lets you tweak how the job gets handled. Some images want Rendering Style set to Photographic to work best.
Finishing is where you select Duplex to get 2-sided printing (no, it won't duplex your transparencies).
You can set Notes like an account number if you don't have it as an lpr option.
FreeForm lets you combine two submitted jobs. Print two jobs to the hold queue. Select the base job and give it a number under "Create Master" in the menu. Select the overlay job and tell it to "Use Master" in the menu. The overlay will print on top of the base job. This is good for form letters or adding a letterhead, where there is a basic item that is constant and data that gets inserted.
All of this plus some color editing and document restructuring are available on the monitor next to the printer. Talk to Monica or Jerry to get the password. It's passworded since the building is relatively accessible and the room is open.
The machine can be color-calibrated, and will be about weekly. If you have a color calibration setup for your monitor, then the colors that come out of the printer will approximate those on your screen, within the limits of printing capability.
We will shortly be getting a set of technical and user manuals. There are two service numbers to call on the front of the machine. If you are not familiar with how to use the printer, please talk to someone who is before calling one of the numbers.
However, when you want the best color match possible on a Mac or PC, use Adobe Photoshop to make the conversion (open the image with a CMYK canvas and save it), then pull the converted image into any page layout program that understands printer profiles, and print from that program selecting the profile for this printer. Page layout programs do poor CMYK conversions, but Photoshop is an image editing program, not a prepress print preparation system, and as such doesn't understand printer profiles. The combination is the best you can do.
For best results from Linux, use Ghostscript's ps2pdf program to convert to PDF, then use xpdf's pdftops program with the -leve1sep option to convert PDF to CMYK PostScript. This actually does a better job than the Photoshop combination above. This method requires xpdf 0.92 or later, and Ghostscript 6.01 or earlier (due to a problem that will hopefully be fixed in the next release).
Last revised: 2001 March 29 - J. Harrington