CMSC 250

Three ways to Print

Here are the steps needed to print Postscript.

1. Use a browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer to get to the class homework page (or any other page that has postscript)

   http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2001/cmsc250/hw.html
   

2. Click over the desired HW/HW solution link, using the right mouse button.
3. Select on "Save Target As" or "Save Link As", and then save the file appropriately.

1. Print using a WAM print account (which you will need to get, if you want to print from WAM machines).
2. Print using your class account from a programming course (such as CMSC 114, CMSC 330--any course that uses the dc.umd.edu cluster, which used to be aits.umd.edu).

Using GSView and Ghostscript for a PC

• This is the main website.
• This is a link to getting a print account

  The folks at WAM have directions for using the account as well (read the bottom of the page).

  Printing using a class account, part 1

  (This option not yet available) (Read next section)

  Currently, Charles Lin has made the Postscript files available in the "detective cluster" account (this is the class account used for CMSC 106 and CMSC 114) from his CMSC 298L course. If you have a class account, you can do the following to copy:

  % cd ~ch29801/250
  % ls
  Exam    HW      README
  % ls
  hw1.ps       hw2.ps       hw3.ps       hw4.ps       hw5.ps       hw6.ps
  hw1.soln.ps  hw2.soln.ps  hw3.soln.ps  hw4.soln.ps  hw5.soln.ps  hw6.soln.ps
  % cp hw1.soln.ps ~
  

  This will copy hw1.soln.ps to your home directory where you can print it. Or you can simply print it from the directory itself. You can see directions for printing on the next section.

  There's no guarantee this directory will be kept up to date. The webpage should always have the latest material.

  Printing using a class account, part 2

  If you have a class account on the detective cluster, you should be able to print for free at the OIT Dispatch. This will require FTPing the file from your WAM account to your class account.

  Here's a sample FTP session. This assumes you are on a WAM machine. You type the part in red, but replace "zz114001" with your class account username. Type in your password (this will not get echoed).

  The "bin" part is not absolutely necessary (and may not work, depending on circumstances). I would leave it out the first time you try FTP, and go directly to the "mput" commnand which will "put" the file from the WAM account to your class account (in your home directory). You can use "cd" command to change the "remote" (i.e., class account) directory, if you want.

  The "mput" command puts the file, as named on your WAM account. It wil then ask if you really want to put it there. You can respond with 'y' and hit return. If successful, it tells you the number of bytes, and then you can quit, at which point you return back to the shell prompt (shown as a %).

  % ftp dc.umd.edu
  Connected to dc.umd.edu.
  220 marlowe.umd.edu FTP server (Digital UNIX Version 5.60) ready.
  Name (dc.umd.edu:dilbert): zz114001
  331 Password required for zz114001
  Password:
  230 User zz114001 logged in.
  ftp> bin
  200 Type set to I.
  ftp> mput hw1.soln.ps
  mput hw1.soln.ps y
  200 PORT command successful.
  150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for hw1.soln.ps (128.7.121.8,33750).
  226 Transfer complete.
  local: hw1.soln.ps remote: hw1.soln.ps
  732 bytes sent in 0.017 seconds (42.07 Kbytes/s)
  ftp> quit
  221 Goodbye.
  %
  

  Once you have FTPed to your class account, you can log into that account.

  When there, type:

  % qpr -q csc-ps hw1.soln.ps
  

  This will send the Postscript to the OIT Dispatch, where you must then go to pick it up. Identify yourself by your class user ID. Since this is a Postscript file, tell them you are picking up Postscript. This is printed using a laser printer, not a line printer.