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Printer names

NameFloor Name Duplex Memory Color
lw1 3 HP 9050 yes 128 MB no
lw2 5 HP 8150 yes 72 MB no
lw4 2 HP 4350 yes 96 MB no
lw8 4 HP 9050 yes 128 MB no
xc 3 Xerox Phaser 8550 no n/a yes

Setting up a printer



Visual guide for PC's Visual guide for Macs

Printing from the command line



Printing postscript on printer lw1 lpr -Plw1 file.ps
Printing on Color Printer lp -d xc filename
Printing Photo on Color Printer lp -d xc -o Photo filename
Printing text 2-sided enscript -Plw1 -2r file
Printing dvi file dvips -Plw1 file.dvi
Printing PDF "pdf2ps file.pdf file.ps; lpr -Plw1 file.ps".


File conversion DVI, PS, PDF, GIF



DVI - PS dvips -o file.ps file.dvi
DVI - PS dvips -o file.ps -D400 file.dvi   (400 DPI resolution)
PS-PDF ps2pdf file.ps
PS-GIF convert file.ps file.gif


On Abel, a shell script "latex2all" translates a latex document "file.tex" into "dvi,ps,pdf,gif" formats. Use as "latex2all file". It will produces "file.ps, file.dvi, file.pdf, file.gif" and sets permissions.


Simplicity, Clarity, Generality B.W. Kernighan, R. Pike, in "The Practice of Programming".
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