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==Quota allocation==
At the start of the academic year, the quota of all ordinary users is set to 200 pages.
At the start of the second semester, the quota of undergraduates, first-year graduates and non-research graduates, is reset to 200 pages (plus any pages remaining out of a 'bonus'). 
Other users can ask their academic contact to request extra quota on their behalf.
If a course requires extensive printing, the Metargel may request additional quota for all his students.

==How to print==
Jobs are sent to the printer using command ''lpr''.
Most printers can print only PostScript and Text files.
(Printers ''nrg'' and ''ps4'' can print also PDF files.)
Document viewers e.g. ''firefox'' and ''acroread'', convert a document to PostScript before piping to ''lpr''.
Various command line utilities are also available for converting to PostScript
e.g. ''enscript'' and ''a2ps'' for Text, and ''pdf2ps'' for PDF.
Other utilities manipulate a PostScript file e.g ''mpage'' can put multiple pages
on one physical page.
Document viewers for PostScript include ''gs'' and ''gv''.

Examples:
  mpage -2A file.ps | gs -
  pdf2ps file.ps | mpage -2A | lpr

==Printers==
Undergraduates can print only on the printers in the public labs:
* '''xl1''' - Rothberg, upper floor
* '''xl2''' - Rothberg, lower floor
* '''sp'''  - Levy
In the public labs, '''st''' is an alias for the nearest printer.

In case of a problem with any of the public printers, mail ''system'' or, if urgent, call 84195, 85691, 85692, 85298, 86156 or 86942

==Utilites==
Besides '''lpr''', the print suite includes the following utilities
* '''lpq'''  - list all print jobs 
* '''lprm''' - remove print jobs e.g. 
  lprm -
  lprm 123
All utilities take argument ''-P<printer>'' where ''<printer>'' is the name of a printer.
If it is not supplied, the '''PRINTER''' environment variable is used.
The .cshrc file given to new users (or installed by ''reinstall'') sets  '''PRINTER''' to ''st''.
See the relevant man pages.



==Quota accounting==
One page of quota is deducted for each side of paper printed.
The following commands are available:
* Show current quota:
  psquota
* List all quota allocations since quota was last reset
  psquota --verbose
* List all quota deductions since quota was last reset
  printjobs
Command ''printjobs'' takes a variety of arguments. To see, do
  printjobs --help