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 ===== Apple Os X =====
-Apple Os X users rely on the advanced graphical interface of their computers, to access the printers. In reality this is just a frontend for the same CUPS subsystem that we use with Linux. As for the Linux workstations, Os X users connected to the  network by wire can browse the list of printers available without intervention. By selecting the printer from the menu //Shared printers// in the print dialog box this will be installed automatically. The options for printing can be selected in the different section of the print dialog box. click on **pages & copies** to see all the sections at your disposal.
+Os X users connected to the  network by wire can browse the list of printers available automatically. The options for printing can be selected in the different section of the print dialog box. click on **pages & copies** to see all the sections at your disposal.
-As Os X is developed over the FreeBSD subsystem, all the options you can use for linux ([[printing:lpr|Basic]] and  [[printing:lpr:advanced|Advanced Printing Command]]) can be used even in this ambient, from a command line, without modifications.
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 ===== Windows =====
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+In Windows XP and above, most programs will let you print from the File menu. Go to Start->Control Panel->Printers & Faxes to see the printers available. Machines managed by staff will have all network printers automatically added to this list. Users that have Windows laptops connected to the network by wire should go to Start->Run and enter **"\\melpomene.epfl.ch"** (without quotes), right click on the printer they want to use, and select connect. This will add that printer to the Printers & Faxes List.
-To access Shared printers Windows Users have to ask the permission to Administrators.
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-In Windows, most programs will let you print from the File menu. Go to Start->Control Panel->Printers & Faxes to see the printers available. Machines managed by staff will have all network printers automatically added to this list. Users that have Windows laptops connected to the network by wire should go to Start->Run and enter **"\\melpomene.epfl.ch"** (without quotes), right click on the printer they want to use, and select connect. This will add that printer to the Printers & Faxes List.
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   * Users of laptops connected to the wireless network please refer to [[printing:wireless:short|instructions]] to install the printers.
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 ===== Linux Workstations =====
 To use one or more of the **[[printing:maps|printers]]**, users of linux workstations of the labs needs only to select it from the printer dialog box of the graphical applications they're using.
-The subsystem that manage the print of documents (CUPS for friends) understands a variety of formats including text, PostScript, and PDF. It's possible to print directly from command line using the **lpr** or **lp** commands. [[printing:lpr|Here]] you will find a short memo about the most useful parameters for these commands. [[printing:lpr:advanced|Go there]] if you want see a list of the advanced options.
+The subsystem that manage the print of documents understands a variety of formats including text, PostScript, and PDF. It's possible to print directly from command line using the **lpr** or **lp** commands. [[printing:lpr|Here]] you will find a short memo about the most useful parameters for these commands. [[printing:lpr:advanced|Go there]] if you want see a list of the advanced options.
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-** GTKLP **\\
-The use of this program is preferable when you don't want to use the standard options of printer queues.
-To use this program just launch it from the menu **Applications->System Tools->GtkLP**, load the file you want print and select the option you desire.
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-  * Users of laptops connected to the wired network have to start the //cups// daemon in order to see the shared printers.
+  * Users of laptops connected to the wired network have to start the //cups// daemon and open the port 631/tcp and 631/udp on their personal firewall, in order to see the shared printers.
   * Users of laptops connected to the wireless network please refer to [[printing:wireless:short|instructions]] to install the printers.
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 ===== Unix command line (Linux/Mac) =====
 A brief but useful documentation can be found [[http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html|here]].