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| The printers in r3 are | The printers in r3 are | ||
| - | * a HP LaserJet 8000 in room#1 in the backflat. | ||
| - | * served by the BeagleBone printerserver on the LAN: '' | ||
| - | * a HP Business Inkjet 2250tn in room#1 in CX. | ||
| - | * please use USB | ||
| - | * a HP Colour Laserjet CP2025 (by Ernst) in the backflat | ||
| - | * please use USB or connect to LAN | ||
| + | ^ Printer ^ Where ^ Papersize ^ Colour ^ Tech ^ cost ^ recommended connection ^ | ||
| + | | HP LaserJet 8000 | W2 hallway | A4/A3 | no | laser | cheap | via drucker.realraum.at | | ||
| + | | HP Business Inkjet 2250tn | W1 CX | A4 | yes | ink | ~ | via USB | | ||
| + | | HP Color Laserjet CP2025 | W2 hallway | ||
| + | ==== Printing via drucker.realraum.at ==== | ||
| - | * The BeagleBone drucker.realraum.at will automagically switch the big printer on and off. | + | To view status of or cancel print-jobs use the [[http:// |
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| + | The BeagleBone drucker.realraum.at will automagically switch the big printer on and off. | ||
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| + | * any system (experimental): | ||
| + | * goto http:// | ||
| + | * upload a '' | ||
| + | * wait up to 20 seconds | ||
| * on Linux: | * on Linux: | ||
| * CUPS will automagically list the available printers without installing it in your printing dialog. | * CUPS will automagically list the available printers without installing it in your printing dialog. | ||
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| - select the desired printer when printing something | - select the desired printer when printing something | ||
| * on Windows: | * on Windows: | ||
| - | | + | - Browse to '' |
| - | + | - Right click on '' | |
| - | To cancel print-jobs use the [[http://drucker.realraum.at: | + | - Choose to select a custom printer driver |
| + | - Select '' | ||
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| ==== Details ==== | ==== Details ==== | ||
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| | CUPS Driver PCL | '' | | CUPS Driver PCL | '' | ||
| | CUPS Driver PS | '' | | CUPS Driver PS | '' | ||
| + | | rec. Windows Driver | '' | ||
| + | | ------------ | ------------ | | ||
| | Model | HP business injket 2250tn | | | Model | HP business injket 2250tn | | ||
| | Printer url | '' | | Printer url | '' | ||
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| | CUPS Driver PCL | '''' | | CUPS Driver PCL | '''' | ||
| | CUPS Driver PS | '''' | | CUPS Driver PS | '''' | ||
| + | | rec. Windows Driver | '''' | ||
| + | | ------------ | ------------ | | ||
| | Model | HP Colour Laserjet CP2025 | | | Model | HP Colour Laserjet CP2025 | | ||
| | Printer url | TBD | | | Printer url | TBD | | ||
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| | CUPS Driver PCL | '''' | | CUPS Driver PCL | '''' | ||
| | CUPS Driver PS | '''' | | CUPS Driver PS | '''' | ||
| + | | rec. Windows Driver | '''' | ||
| === known Problems with drucker.realraum.at BeagleBone === | === known Problems with drucker.realraum.at BeagleBone === | ||
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| * It's printing garbage: Use the correct autodiscovered CUPS printer. Don't configure something yourself. | * It's printing garbage: Use the correct autodiscovered CUPS printer. Don't configure something yourself. | ||
| - | === Windows === | + | * on a recent test, a 32 page paper printed, though on some pages only 66.6% text was printed. We assume it was the devils work, as no other possible reason or log entry came forth and plead guilty |
| - | If the printers are NOT automagically discovered in Windows, try installing [[https:// | ||
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| - | **DO NOT** choose a printer driver matching the printer-name. CUPS expects standard Post-Script, | ||
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| - | **DO** Choose any of the simplest and generic post-script drivers windows can offer you. e.g. '' | ||
| === Trouble shooting=== | === Trouble shooting=== | ||
| In the unlikely case that the printer does only print PS or PCL commands, abort the print job directly on the printer or you might end up with hundreds of useless pages. | In the unlikely case that the printer does only print PS or PCL commands, abort the print job directly on the printer or you might end up with hundreds of useless pages. | ||
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| + | === Todo === | ||
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| + | * Test | ||
| + | * see if its necessary / better to use https:// | ||