Physics 6730 Introduction to Computing in Physics: Printing from Your Browser

Last modified 3 August 2001

It may, on occasion, be convenient to work from a printout of the assignments as opposed to reading your browser directly. To get a printout, choose the "print" option of the "File" button on your browser (I am assuming you use Netscape Navigator). It will pop up a small window, giving you the option to print directly to the printer or to write to a (postscript) file. Choose the latter by clicking on the "File" button. This will cause the "File name:" input box to focus, with the default filename netscape.ps. Next click the "Print" button at the bottom left of the window. Finally, go to an xterm window, cd back to your home directory, and type

mprint netscape.ps
then you have to choose a printer (options 5 or 7 are the LaserJets in the South Physics 205 Computer lab).

There are simpler ways of doing this, such as dumping to the printer directly from the browser. Be careful though, the default printer may not be in South Physics. Also, it is generally a good idea to dump stuff from the web into a file first, since some pages resolve to a huge amount of postscript data and can clog up a print queue.

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