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Nevis Printing

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Click on "Printers & Scanners".
Click on the "plus" sign (+) to add a printer.
The method is IP.

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The protocol is "IPP", the Address is print.nevis.columbia.edu
The queue is printers/bw-research (or other printer name instead of bw-research).

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The protocol is "IPP", the Address is <queue-name>.nevis.columbia.edu; e.g., bw-research.nevis.columbia.edu
Leave the queue blank.

Linux

On Linux laptops, both the KDE and GNOME window managers have printer setup utilities. The general information you need is:

The printer protocol is IPP.

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The printer (or "print server") is print.nevis.columbia.edu
The "print queue" is printers/bw-research (for example)
If you have to type in a URI for the above information, it is (for example) ipp://print.nevis.columbia.edu/printers/bw-research (for example).

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The printer (or "print server") is <queue-name>.nevis.columbia.edu; e.g., color-research.nevis.columbia.edu
The "print queue" can either be blank or "raw"
If you have to type in a URI for the above information, it is (for example) ipp://<queue-name>.nevis.columbia.edu/

CUPS direct (Mac and Linux)

On both Macs and Linux laptops, if the printer setup utilities seem a bit confusing, you might try to access CUPS directly:

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Click on "Printers" on the top bar; you may have to type in a root or administrator password to proceed further.
The Name of the queue can be anything; just "Nevis" will do.
The Device is "Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)"

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The URI is ipp://print.nevis.columbia.edu/printers/bw-research or substitute a different qeue for bw-research.

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The URI is ipp://bw-research.nevis.columbia.edu/ or substitute a different queue for bw-research.

Windows

Start->Settings->Printers
Open "Add Printer"
Select "Local Printer", then click "Next"
Select "Create a new port", and select "IPP" from the pop-up menu. Click "Next". (If an "IPP" option is not available, then you don't have CUPS installed. You can try using the IP name <queue-name>.nevis.columbia.edu, use "TCP/IP" as the port type, and leave the queue blank.)

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As noted above, the print server is (for example) print.nevis.columbia.edu and the queue is (e.g.,) printers/bw-research.

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As noted above, the print server is (for example) <queue-name>.nevis.columbia.edu and the queue can be blank or "raw".

Print queues

As of 28-Oct-2008, the following print queues are available. To see a list of all available print queues, login to the Nevis Linux cluster and use the lpstat command:

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