DebConf9/Printing

The printer in the organizers' room is available on it's jetdirect.

Once the servers are up, we'll set up a print server, but for the moment you can print by configuring a print server on your laptop.

for CUPS you'll want to point things at

    socket://10.0.3.253:9100

and once the printer is set up, remember to set the Printer Options for A4 paper

Without CUPS you can print Postscript files directly using:

    nc -q 1 10.0.3.253 9100 <a_postscript_file.ps

which sends the Postscript code to the printer.

If that all sounds too complicated, feel free to put what you need printing on a USB stick, and find:

• Phil Hands (fil)
• Damyan Ivanov (dam)
• César Gómez Martín (cek)

(please add yourself to this list if you get it working)

Alternatively, if you use Debian, just print from a reasonably recent app and the printer will show up in the print dialog automatically. It's the one called "brother" that claims to be at the "front desk". --Enrico