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The Informatikdienste (ID) maintain [[https://printing.sp.ethz.ch|general information about the ETH-wide printing system]], also known as "PIA" (__P__rint service of __I__nformatikdienste for __A__ll).  * The printing system at ETH is known as "PIA", __P__rint service of __I__nformatikdienste for __A__ll
 * [[https://printing.sp.ethz.ch|General information about PIA]] provided by Informatikdienste (ID)
 * [[https://print.ethz.ch/|Overview of personal print jobs and costs]]

== Available print servers ==
There are different print servers providing print queues for different geographical locations:
 * [[https://pia01.d.ethz.ch/printers/ipp_0001.asp?startid=1&endid=9999|pia01.ethz.ch]] for ETH center buildings
 * [[https://pia02.d.ethz.ch/printers/ipp_0001.asp?startid=1&endid=9999|pia02.ethz.ch]] for ETH Hönggerberg
Stored credentials (see below) will contain the name of the print server.
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== Authenticated printing == == Storing credentials for authenticated printing ==
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 1. Double-click on the printer '''card-ethz'''.  1. Double-click the printer '''card-ethz'''
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 1. Press '''Print Test Page'''  1. Klick the button '''Print Test Page'''
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 1. Enter your NETHZ credentials as described. The domain '''d\''' before the username and the tick in the check box are necessary. In case of wrong credentials the dialog will simply reappear without informing about the fact.
  1. Enter your username including the domain '''d\'''
 1. Tick the check box labelled "Remember password" to store your credentials
 1. Confirm the dialog by klicking on the button labelled "OK"
 . In case of wrong credentials the dialog will simply reappear without warning about the fact
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 1. Press '''Print Test Page''' again. If the dialog didn't pop up again, you have successfully saved the password in the keyring.
 1. To be sure, you can verify the process with the instructions in the chapter '''Verifying the Keyring'''.		  1. Press '''Print Test Page''' again, now the dialog asking for credentials should not reappear
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 1. At first, open a terminal and type `seahorse`. That's a tool to get an overview of your saved passwords. If there is an entry like on the screen shot, your password has been saved successfully.  1. Open a console
 1. type `seahorse` to open "Passwords and Keys"
 1. Verify if you see an entry similar to the one below in your keyring named "Login"
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 1. Next, open firefox and try to print on either the card-ethz PULL-queue or any of the pia printers ( p-et* ). The print-job should be sent without any further dialog popping up.
 1. To finish the verification, head to a PIA/Nashuatec printer in your area and hold your ETH card/legi on the marked area on the printer. The previously send test pages should now appear on the display. Pressing the '''Print All''' button will release the jobs.
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If all these steps went well, your password has been saved successfully and your printing system is installed correctly. If any of these steps fails, try the '''Initial steps to save the password for PIA printers''' or contact ISG.EE Support at <support@ee.ethz.ch>.
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Contents

  1. Linux printing
    1. General information
    2. Available print servers
    3. Available printers
    4. Storing credentials for authenticated printing
    5. Verifying stored credentials
    6. Set the default printer
      1. Troubleshooting
        1. Problem: I've printed something, but it didn't come out of the printer.
        2. Problem: After sending the print job, the printer flashes a red LED and says: Paper size and type missmatched
        3. Problem: I've changed my NETHZ password. How can I change the password in the keyring?
        4. Problem: I've started `system-config-printer` but no printers are available.
        5. Problem: The tick in the check box of the password saving dialog disappears every time i press it. (probably XFCE)
        6. Problem: Printouts out of the firefox PDF preview look messed up
        7. Problem: The Application (e.g Firefox) crashes when I try to save the password in the keyring.
        8. Problem: After I filled in the authentication popup, there appears another popup that makes the whole display darker and asks about a password for the Gnome Keyring. My NETHZ password doesn’t work!
        9. Problem: Print jobs take very long to process/ print out.

Linux printing

General information

Available print servers

There are different print servers providing print queues for different geographical locations:

Stored credentials (see below) will contain the name of the print server.

Available printers

  • Printers are named and labelled following the scheme "p-building-floor-room", as for example "p-etf-d-104"
  • The pull printing queue is named "card-ethz". It allows releasing a print job on any printer fitted with a card reader by holding a ETH card to the sensor labelled "ETH CARD".
  • Printers in buildings ETF, ETL, ETZ and HIA are available from Linux clients managed by ISG.EE

Storing credentials for authenticated printing

In order to track usage and manage costs every print job needs to be submitted with personal ETH network credentials. The following process describes storing your credentials for automatic submission with every print job.

  1. Open a console

  2. type system-config-printer to open "Print Settings"

  3. Double-click the printer card-ethz

    01_card-ethz.png

  4. Klick the button Print Test Page

    02_print-test-page.png

  5. Enter your username including the domain d\

  6. Tick the check box labelled "Remember password" to store your credentials
  7. Confirm the dialog by klicking on the button labelled "OK"
  8. In case of wrong credentials the dialog will simply reappear without warning about the fact

    03_authentication_required.png

  9. Press Print Test Page again, now the dialog asking for credentials should not reappear

Verifying stored credentials

  1. Open a console

  2. type seahorse to open "Passwords and Keys"

  3. Verify if you see an entry similar to the one below in your keyring named "Login"

    04_verify_password.png

Set the default printer

  1. Open a console.

  2. type system-config-printer to open the printing management.

  3. Double-click on the printer you want to set as the default printer.

    05_find-default-printer.png

  4. Next, you have to close the window that opened again. These two steps ( 3 + 4 ) are necessary, to unlock the "Set As Default" button used in the next steps.

    06_activate-for-default.png

  5. Right-click on the printer you want to set as the default printer and press the button "Set As Default".

    07_set-as-default.png

  6. Check "Set as my personal printer" and confirm your selection by pressing "Ok".

    08_set-default-printer.png

  7. At last, the printer you selected as default printer is now marked with a heart.

    09_have-default-set.png

Troubleshooting

Problem: I've printed something, but it didn't come out of the printer.

Solution I: First, you can check your local printer queue. Start system-config-printer in your console and right-click -> View Print Queue on the printer/queue you've selected previously. If your job's hanging here, try right-click -> Release. If the desired jobs isn't listed in the queue, check https://www.vppspy.ethz.ch (VPP) or https://www.print.ethz.ch (PIA) for errors regarding your print-job. If you can't find any problem, please contact ISG.EE Support <support@ee.ethz.ch>.

Solution II: There is another option, why the printing system isn't working properly. If the first printer in your print dialog isn't "card-ethz", you might have set an environment variable called "CUPS_SERVER" on the value "ipp2vpp.ee.ethz.ch". Please check your .bashrc / .profile and delete the corresponding line.

Problem: After sending the print job, the printer flashes a red LED and says: Paper size and type missmatched

Solution: The Paper type "Recycled" isn't recognized correctly. Use the type "Plain/Recycled".

Problem: I've changed my NETHZ password. How can I change the password in the keyring?

Solution: After a change of your NETHZ password, you have to re-enter your password on your next print-out. The safest way to do so, is following the "Initial steps to save the password for PIA printers" again.

Problem: I've started `system-config-printer` but no printers are available.

Solution: This probably means the cups service has crashed and can't recover itself. Restart your computer or contact ISG.EE support <support@ee.ethz.ch>

Problem: The tick in the check box of the password saving dialog disappears every time i press it. (probably XFCE)

Solution: This is only a visual error. Press the check box once, and it will save the password.

Problem: Printouts out of the firefox PDF preview look messed up

Solution: The firefox PDF preview is not compatible with our system. Please download the pdf and print it using a PDF viewer. (e.g evince)

Problem: The Application (e.g Firefox) crashes when I try to save the password in the keyring.

Solution: Please follow the Initial steps to save the password for PIA printers.

Problem: After I filled in the authentication popup, there appears another popup that makes the whole display darker and asks about a password for the Gnome Keyring. My NETHZ password doesn’t work!

Solution: open a console and type the command “seahorse”. A Gnome Keyring management tool appears. delete the “Login “ keyring in the top left corner and log out of your current session. After another login, the authentication process should work.

Problem: Print jobs take very long to process/ print out.

Solution: If you are using the embedded Firefox pdfviewer, please download the file and open it with the native document viewer. (evince)

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