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You can print from various lab computers, such as in == Newman Library Public Printing ==[[gp:Torgersen HallNewman Library|Torgersen HallNewman Library]] has a Pharos public printing system that allows users to print using Hokie Passport funds. Drivers for Windows and the OS X users are available on [[gphttps:Math Emporium|Math Emporium]//www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/printing.html the library's website]. The Torgersen printers, along with others,  Linux users can be accessed remotely, print using their local CUPS server by using these settings:* Network URL: lpd://id_num@pharos.lib.vt.edu/Newman_Print_Q (replace id_num with payment through your 9-digit student ID number)* Printer type: Canon imageRunner ADVANCE C5045/C5051 * PPD file: Either of these should work: [http://filesha.re/download/selif/fi/cncupsiradvc5051zj.ppd] or [gphttp:Hokie Passport|Hokie Passport]]//filesha. The cost is $0re/download/selif/fi/cncupsiradvc5051zk.10/page for ppd]* Be sure to change the default paper size from A4 to letter, and set the color mode to black and & white or color. The URL for them Optionally, you can enable duplexing. == Other Campus Public Printers ==Other campus Pharos printers can be installed on Linux, but a Windows machine is required in order to determine the queue name. Follow this procedure (tested on 64-bit Windows 7) to determine the appropriate Linux lpd URI:* Install the appropriate Pharos driver package from the [http://128.173.42.228/uniprint/Packages.asp campus Pharos server]. * Open regedit, and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Pharos\Popup Client\LocalPrinters\[Some printer name], and record the SpoolQueue value. (On 32-bit systems, the value is probably under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Pharos\Popup Client\LocalPrinters\[gpSome printer name].)* Install a printer in CUPS, using the URL lpd:Newman Library|Newman Library]] offers printing//student_id_num@128.173.42.228/SpoolQueue (replacing student_id_num with your 9-digit student ID number, payable and SpoolQueue with the value found in cash or Hokie Passport. The regedit)* Linux PPD files are generally hard to find, but [[gphttp:Architecture Library|Architecture Library//gimp-print.sourceforge.net gutenprint]] offers free printingcontains a large collection of print drivers compatible with CUPS. If all else fails, you can use a generic print driver, but they ask that you bring your own paper for more than 10 pages worthmay be missing many of the printer's features.
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