Submitting a print (In CADGIS)
In order to successfully print or plot your project, follow these steps:
1. Determin which printer or plotter you need to use.
2. Connect to that plotter or printer
In CADGIS:
When logging into a computer in the CADGIS Lab, the CADGIS printers should be available automatically. If they do not, it is most likely that you are not a CADGIS user. Leave with the monitor at the front desk your PAWS account. You will be added shortly as a CADGIS user.
From a Laptop or Personal Computer:
It is possible to submit prints and plots from outside of CADGIS from laptops and personal computers. Regardless of whether connected via wireless connection, jumper cable to an on-campus wall outlet, or the Geaux Box, as long as a user's computer can see the LSU domain under Network Neighborhood, a user will be able to submit prints and plots to the CADGIS plot servers 1Papyrus and 2Papyrus.
The process to attach a CADGIS printer or plotter is given in the steps below. The process starts in the same way as with attaching local printers.
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Use Start -> Printers -> Add printers.
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On the next form, Select "Add aNetwork Printer" and click Next.
Mac users should go to their System Preferences Menu. Click the "Print and Fax" icon.
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On the next form, click on the option that allows you to specify the shared printer by name. That option usually reads "Type the printer name, or Click Next to browse," but different versions of Windows refer to it in slightly different manners.
Mac users click the "plus" button
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Type the server name (preceded by \\) and plotter name (preceded by \) of the CADGIS printer or plotter. (See the table below for the names of the plotters.) Click Next.
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If you are prompted for the username and password, use lsu\<pawsID> - where <pawsID> is your Paws username - and your Paws password. (Note: the username begins with "lsu\" This prefix is necessary for the LSU network to correctly identify the user and to associate the password to the user.)
- Respond to the remaining forms accordingly.
Plotters/Printers |
Name to Type |
36" plotters on 1Papyrus |
\\cadgis-1papyrus.lsu.edu\cadgis color 36 |
\\cadgis-1papyrus.lsu.edu\cadgis b&w 36 |
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sheet fed plotters/printers on 2Papyrus
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\\cadgis-2papyrus.lsu.edu\cadgis bw 08x11 |
\\cadgis-2papyrus.lsu.edu\cadgis bw 11x17 |
\\cadgis-2papyrus.lsu.edu\cadgis color 08x11 |
\\cadgis-2papyrus.lsu.edu\cadgis color 11x17 |
3. Set your plot settings within the application you are using.
The various applications each have their own method for queuing plots to a plot server. For the most used applications for printing and plotting - Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and Autodesk AutoCAD - we have included screen shots showing how to actually submit a plot. Refer to the appropriate section at the end of this page for these screenshots. For other applications, if help is needed, ask a member of the CADGIS staff.
For help with printing in AutoCad, click here.
For help with printing in Photoshop or Illustrator, click here.
For help with printing in Microsoft Word, click here.
For a copy of the printing and plotting users guide for CADGIS, click here.
Important:
Every plotter needs a little space on the edge of the paper for handling the image. This edge cannot be printed on by the plotter. Therefore, the 36" plotter cannot actually print the full 36" width of the roll of paper. Instead it can only plot 35" and some fraction. There are settings to tell the plotter to use as much of the paper as it can.
Important:
Be aware that if you make changes to your plot settings AND THEN CHANGE your plotter, the plot settings will need to be set again.
4 Click the "Okay" button
on the plotting form within the software application you are using to queu your plot/print for processing.
5. Go the front desk in the CADGIS Lab.
Tell the monitor your paws ID, to which plotter you have submitted your image, and the size and number of sheets you are printing. If you have submitted multiple sheets, the monitor will ask you for the file names of the sheets you submitted. The monitor will then calculate the cost of your plots and release your prints to the plotters or printers.
6. Pay for your plot/print.
You pay for plots via TigerCash. The CADGIS Lab CANNOT ACCEPT cash or credit cards. We can accept checks, but the preferred method is through TigerCash. If your account does not have enough funds, you can add funds via the TigerCash web site by the use of a credit card.
Refunds are given when there has been a plotter error. Legitimate plotter errors include such problems as plotters depleting their roll of paper before the end of a plot, plotters over-inking a plot, plotters jamming, and plotters experiencing a software failure. In these cases, if the user has been charged for plots, the plots can be resubmitted without further charges. If you decide against replotting, a credit can be given toward any future plots.
User errors such as using the wrong size of plot, omitted graphics (such as borders or text), extraneous graphics, or sending to the wrong plotter are the responsibility of the user. The user must pay for these plots even though they may not be able to use the plots.
NOTE: Printing is not allowed from the CADGIS-student1 account. The account will not allow printers to be added. A CADGIS user must print or plot from their PAWS account.
