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The xqpr window

If you're logged into a workstation at the console, you can also use the xqpr command, a graphical interface to the qpr command. All commands print to the default printer (defined in the environment variable PRINTER) unless you specify otherwise. When you log into the console of a workstation in a lab, PRINTER is usually defined to be the queue for that lab.

The procedure for printing from an application varies.

  • If the print command for the application is set to use xqpr instead of qpr, the xqpr window will open for you to enter your print account data.

    xqpr window

  • If xqpr isn't the default print command for the application, invoke the application from the command-line prompt without backgrounding the application. The qpr software will prompt for your print account data in the Xterm from which you invoked the application.
  • To print to a specific printer, either change your environment variables, or print to a postscript file (.ps) and then print to a specific queue from the command line. For example: qpr -q cscsun filename.ps.
  • To print from an Xterm prompt without using xqpr, use the qpr command.
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