9.F: Review Quiz

9: Printing Files

9.D: Cancelling Printing

Not all files should be printed. Not all files can be printed. Files containing binary information or in a format incompatible with the printer cannot be printed. Be certain that your files can be printed before you try to print.

Warning: For pedagogical purposes, we will suggest that you view an executeable, binary file. Viewing binary files can lock up your terminal, and printing them can lock up your printer or give you reams of scrap paper. If your session starts to behave strangely, exit Netscape, logout, and restart your session. Please do Not experiment with sending a binary file to your printer.

You may recall, that at one time we placed an executeable file a.out in the directory backuphome/prog. For you to really appreciate why you do not want to print out a binary file, let's get one and use more to view it (remember to use q to make more quit):

> cd ~
> cp -i backuphome/a.out development/prog
> cd development/prog
> more a.out
q

Hints for Smart Printer Usage

• Do not print something as a substitute for reading it.
• For the Department cluster, do not print more than 25 pages.
• If you need a manual, even though it may be available online, ask the administration group to print one for general use and subsequent reproduction.
• Use multips and enscript to save paper.
• Be considerate. If you have a lot of printing to do, use a high speed printer, or wait for slow times.

Unix has a wide array of available print options. To learn more about these, browse through the online tutorials, " A Scientist's and Engineer's Guide to Workstations" and " UNIXhelp for Users". In the next section we'll show you how to use the > man enscript command to get more information.

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9.F: Review Quiz

9: Printing Files

9.D: Cancelling Printing

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Comments and questions to Dr. Elias N. Houstis at enh@cs.purdue.edu.