Printing

Printing at the SCDF

Print services at the SCDF is only provided on the main RHIC general interactive system, rcf3.rhic.bnl.gov. This system is a RHIC only system. No printing services are available on other systems at the SCDF.

Listing Available Printers

The command lpstat -t lists all print queues on rcf3.rhic.bnl.gov.

Setting a Default Print Queue

To set your default printer, define the PRINTER environment variable to the print queue of your choice.

Other Print Commands

lp -d ** _ queue_name_ ** ** _ file_name - ** Submits _file_name to printer queue queue_name for printing.(To set a default printer, define the PRINTER environment variable.)

lpstat -o ** _ queue_name** - Lists jobs that have been submitted to the printer identified by _queue_name.

lpstat -t - ** ** Lists all print queues.

lpstat -d - Lists the default print queue.

cancel ** _ request-ID - Remove the print job identified by _request-ID from the print queue (i.e., cancel the print job). Obtain the ID from the lpstat** command.