Printing

SIG Network Printers

Location	DNS Name	Type
T170b	hpsig1	HP LaserJet 4000
H227	hpsig2	HP LaserJet 4050
T165	hpsig3	HP Color LaserJet 3500

The department also has network printers available in the admin office; contact Joshua or Bill if you need them.

To add a HP network printer to your Windows workstation:

• Go to Printers->Add Printer
• Choose Local Printer, port type Standard TCP/IP, click Next
• Put the name (hpsig1.biostr.washington.edu) or IP address of the printer
• Choose the printer type (HP LaserJet 4000 PCL) and click Next
• Print a test page

Note: The older HP printers usually work faster with a PCL driver than with a PCL6 or PS driver.

To add a HP network printer to your Red Hat Enterprise workstation:

The Red Hat printer configuration and spooler uses CUPS (Common Unix Printing System), so make sure System->Services has cupsd and cups-config-daemon activated.

• Go to Other->Printing and enter the administrative password, or sudo /usr/sbin/printconf-gui
• Click New, then Forward
• Enter a name without spaces, such as 'laserjet4k' or 't165hp3500n', and a description if you want then click Forward
• Choose the queue type Networked JetDirect and put the DNS name (hpsig1.biostr.washington.edu) or IP address (128.95.228.26) of the printer then click Forward
• Choose the printer manufacturer (HP) and type (LaserJet 4000) and click Next
• Print a test page

If CUPS gets confused, it will sometimes silently stop a print queue; after you fix the problem such as a paper jam, use cupsenable laserjet4k to start it. CUPS has a web interface at ​http://localhost:631, but unfortunately you have to log on as root to use it.