| 6 | | Memory and Disk. |
| 7 | | |
| 8 | | The Sun Blades are configured with different amounts of memory, |
| 9 | | from 128MB to 1.13GB and with 9GB or more of data space per host. |
| 10 | | If you need disk space for data, please send me email. |
| 11 | | |
| 12 | | List of Sun Blades in Student Offices & in 1008: |
| 13 | | |
| 14 | | ||Room||Hostname||Features|| |
| 15 | | ||1004||iolanthe||1GB|| |
| 16 | | ||1004||penzance||1.6GB|| |
| 17 | | ||1007/05||morrigan||128MB|| |
| 18 | | ||1007/05||rigoletto||896MB|| |
| 19 | | ||1007/05||aleko||256MB|| |
| 20 | | ||1007/05||duke||640MB|| |
| 21 | | ||1008A||igor||1GB|| |
| 22 | | ||1008||pirates||256MB|| |
| 23 | | ||1322||aida||256MB|| |
| 24 | | ||1333||werther||640GB|| |
| 25 | | ||1334||castor||256MB|| |
| 26 | | ||1407||galatea||640MB|| |
| 27 | | ||1410||gondolier||640MB|| |
| 28 | | ||1414||gatsby||1.6GB|| |
| 29 | | ||1414||hoffman||640MB||pci-scsi card,DDS-4 tape|| |
| 30 | | ||1414||jewels||256MB|| |
| 31 | | |
| 32 | | |
| 33 | | = Printers = |
| 34 | | |
| 35 | | See [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/resource/computing-note/pc_startup.note notes:] |
| 36 | | to access them from Windows, Mac and Linux hosts. |
| 37 | | |
| 38 | | |
| 39 | | Location queue name(s) Note |
| 40 | | |
| 41 | | Rm 1008 hp_1008 HP LaserJet 2300 with duplex option |
| 42 | | dp_1008 & dl_1008 (portrait & landscape duplex queues) |
| 43 | | Rm 1008 hpcolor HP 4500 color laser - plain paper (tray 2) |
| 44 | | hpfilm HP 4500 color laser - transparency film (tray 1) |
| 45 | | Rm 1206 hp_1206 Brother duplex laser printer |
| 46 | | Rm 1418 hp_1414 HP LaserJet 4m+ with duplex option |
| 47 | | dp_1414 & dl_1414 (portrait & landscape duplex queues) |
| 48 | | Rm 1328 hp_1328 HP LaserJet 4100 with duplex option |
| 49 | | dp_1328 & dl_1328 (portrait & landscape duplex queues) |
| 50 | | |
| 51 | | |
| 52 | | How to print on both sides of the paper on HP printers. |
| 53 | | The HP printers with 'duplex' mode are: |
| 54 | | hp_1414, hp_1328 and hp_1008 |
| 55 | | |
| 56 | | To print from Solaris hosts in regular (portrait) duplex: |
| 57 | | lp -d dp_1414 <filename> (or lpr -Pdp_1414 <filename> ) |
| 58 | | |
| 59 | | To print from Solaris hosts in landscape duplex: |
| 60 | | lp -d dl_1414 <filename> (or lpr -Pdl_1414 <filename> ) |
| 61 | | |
| 62 | | Note: Regular(portrait) duplex implies a '3 hole punch' |
| 63 | | or binding on the 11" edge. Landscape duplex implies |
| 64 | | a '3 hole punch' or binding on the 8.5" edge. |
| 65 | | |
| 66 | | |
| 67 | | = Tape Drives = |
| 68 | | |
| 69 | | We have two Exabyte 8mm tape drives and three 4mm DAT drives. |
| 70 | | Both types of drive write, by default, in native(uncompressed) |
| 71 | | mode. Tape media for both types of drive come in different |
| 72 | | lengths. The drives will read media written by older model |
| 73 | | drives at lower densities. |
| 74 | | |
| 75 | | We also have a special purpose SDLT drive. This drive writes |
| 76 | | by default in compressed mode. It writes only to SDLT tape |
| 77 | | media. It can read media written by other model SDLT and DLT |
| 78 | | drives. |
| 79 | | |
| 80 | | The 4mm DAT drives(on attila & pirates) can write up to |
| 81 | | ~24GB per tape using compressed mode and a DDS-3 125m tape. |
| 82 | | The newer 4mm DAT drive(on hoffman) can write up to ~40GB per |
| 83 | | tape using compressed mode and a DDS-4 150m tape. |
| 84 | | All the 8mm drives write 5GB per 112m tape uncompressed(10GB |
| 85 | | compressed) and a maximum of 14GB using compressed mode and |
| 86 | | a 160m tape. |
| 87 | | |
| 88 | | Location host & device name device type |
| 89 | | (max storage) |
| 90 | | Rm 1008 pirates /dev/rmt/0 24GB 4mm (DDS-3) |
| 91 | | Rm 1008 pirates /dev/rmt/1 320GB SDLT |
| 92 | | Rm 1328 isolde /dev/rmt/0 14GB 8mm |
| 93 | | Rm 1328 isolde /dev/rmt/1 24GB 4mm (DDS-3) |
| 94 | | |
| 95 | | Rm 1004 hoffman* /dev/rmt/0 40GB 4mm (DDS-4) |
| 96 | | |
| 97 | | |
| 98 | | Solaris tape drive device names(ist tape device is usually 0): |
| 99 | | |
| 100 | | /dev/rmt/0 (default density, |
| 101 | | usually uncompressed) |
| 102 | | /dev/rmt/0l (low, same as uncompressed) |
| 103 | | /dev/rmt/0n (norewind) |
| 104 | | /dev/rmt/0c (compressed) |
| 105 | | /dev/rmt/0h (high, same as compressed) |
| 106 | | /dev/rmt/0cn (compressed, norewind) |
| 107 | | (/dev/rmt/0nc is NOGOOD) |
| 108 | | |
| 109 | | === Density note === |
| 110 | | |
| 111 | | Drive senses density of a tape it is reading. When writing a |
| 112 | | tape, you select the density when you specify the device name. |
| 113 | | |
| 114 | | On the (10-14GB) exabyte drives, when the drive is active: |
| 115 | | the flashing middle LED light is amber if drive is in high |
| 116 | | density mode but is green if drive is in low density mode. |
| 117 | | |
| 118 | | |
| 119 | | === Tape I/O errors on read === |
| 120 | | |
| 121 | | A likely cause if all seems okay otherwise: a large block size |
| 122 | | used when tape was written. |
| 123 | | |
| 124 | | Way around error: |
| 125 | | TAR: tar tfb /dev/rmt/0 100 (asks for buffer(b) size of 100. |
| 126 | | default max buffer size is 20) |
| 127 | | |
| 128 | | UFSRESTORE: ufsrestore -ibf 252 /dev/rmt/0 |
| 129 | | (asks for buffer(b) size of 252. |
| 130 | | can try larger numbers as well) |
| 131 | | |
| 132 | | = Color Scanner = |
| 133 | | |
| 134 | | |
| 135 | | Dell Dimension 2200 and Epson 1650 Photo Scanner 7/2002 |
| 136 | | (in Room 1008) |
| 137 | | |
| 138 | | |
| 139 | | A PC with an Epson scanner is setup in room 1008. The PC has a |
| 140 | | CD-RW drive and is running Windows XP. The scanner is known as |
| 141 | | a TWAIN device. It scans 35mm film strips or slides as well as |
| 142 | | paper documents. |
| 143 | | |
| 144 | | 'Adobe Photoshop Elements' can import directly from the scanner |
| 145 | | and write out a file in any of a large number of formats(listed |
| 146 | | below) including PDF and postscript. |
| 147 | | |
| 148 | | The full 'Adobe Acrobat' is installed - you can scan one or more |
| 149 | | pages directly into a single PDF document instead of ending up |
| 150 | | with a file for each page scanned. Use |
| 151 | | |
| 152 | | 'File' --> 'Import' --> 'Scan' --> 'EPSON Twain 5' |
| 153 | | |
| 154 | | to read from the scanner. |
| 155 | | |
| 156 | | The scanner also has Optical Character Recognition software via |
| 157 | | the 'Epson Smart Panel' software, see below. |
| 158 | | |
| 159 | | Scanned documents can be copied to a printer in 1008, sftp'd to |
| 160 | | another host or written to CD. |
| 161 | | |
| 162 | | === Basic info to scan paper document === |
| 163 | | |
| 164 | | 1. line up with page size markers at top left and lower right |
| 165 | | page size (LTR, A4 ) |
| 166 | | 2. log on as 'scan' |
| 167 | | 3. check that scanner is plugged in. plug in USB cable if not |
| 168 | | plugged in. |
| 169 | | 4. select the scan software, see descriptions below. |
| 170 | | (Note: If the scan software doesn't see the scanner, select: |
| 171 | | 'Turn off computer' from the START button and then select |
| 172 | | 'Restart'. ) |
| 173 | | |
| 174 | | === Printers available === |
| 175 | | |
| 176 | | To print, select 'File' from the software's menu bar and use |
| 177 | | 'Page Setup' to select the printer and to tailor the printer |
| 178 | | settings, either HP 4050 (duplex possible) or HP 4500 (color) |
| 179 | | in Room 1008. |
| 180 | | |
| 181 | | === To move scanner output to other workstation === |
| 182 | | |
| 183 | | After document is scanned and copied to a file, use icon 'SSH |
| 184 | | Secure File Transfer Client' to transfer to your workstation. |
| 185 | | Or, copy the file to a writeable CD. |
| 186 | | |
| 187 | | Copy file over network using SSH Secure File Desktop Icon: |
| 188 | | |
| 189 | | 1. File --> quick connect |
| 190 | | 2. select the output file to transfer, select destination |
| 191 | | 'folder' on remote workstation, select operation (Upload). |
| 192 | | |
| 193 | | |
| 194 | | Save file to a writeable CD (CD-R or CD-RW media). The CD-RW |
| 195 | | drive is 40x10x40 (write X rewrite X read). To write to the CD: |
| 196 | | |
| 197 | | 1. If a new CD, format it using icon 'Shortcut to DirectCD'. |
| 198 | | The format will be UDF(Universal Disk Format). |
| 199 | | 2. Copy the files to the CD as you would to any other disk device. |
| 200 | | 3. The CD can be read on a Sun Blade running Solaris 8. |
| 201 | | |
| 202 | | === Online documetation === |
| 203 | | |
| 204 | | Click 'Start' --> All Programs --> Epson --> PF1250/1650 Guide |
| 205 | | |
| 206 | | |
| 207 | | |
| 208 | | === Online documetation for the built-in Film Adapter === |
| 209 | | |
| 210 | | 1. Click 'Start' --> All Programs --> Epson |
| 211 | | --> PF1250/1650 Guide --> |
| 212 | | 2. Click Basic Scanning --> Using the Film Adapter |
| 213 | | --> For Perfection |
| 214 | | 1650 Users (1st entry for 1650 Users) |
| 215 | | |
| 216 | | === Scanner Software Overview === |
| 217 | | |
| 218 | | The scanning device is called 'EPSON TWAIN 5'. |
| 219 | | |
| 220 | | A document can be scanned in one of two modes. You can change |
| 221 | | the mode via 'buttons' on one of the Epson Twain 5 Screens as |
| 222 | | the scanning begins. |
| 223 | | |
| 224 | | a) 'Full Auto Mode' using default scanning parameters |
| 225 | | (software will decide if scanner is looking at a |
| 226 | | color photo,B&W document, etc.) |
| 227 | | b) 'Manual Mode' using your tailored scanning parameters. |
| 228 | | |
| 229 | | |
| 230 | | To restore the Manual Mode Twain settings to their default values: |
| 231 | | |
| 232 | | a) from the Manual Mode Epson Twain 5 window, select: |
| 233 | | 'Configuration...' button --> 'Other' tab --> |
| 234 | | b) select: 'Reset All' button |
| 235 | | This will reset the parameters and exit the scan. When you |
| 236 | | restart the scan, the restored settings will be there and |
| 237 | | can be editted. |
| 238 | | |
| 239 | | === Windows Scanner Software === |
| 240 | | |
| 241 | | * Adobe Photoshop Elements |
| 242 | | |
| 243 | | Useful for scanning to a file as Photoshop can write out the scan |
| 244 | | in many file formats including postscript and PDF. For some formats, |
| 245 | | it will let you reduce the size of the output file (adjusting the |
| 246 | | resolution to make the file smaller). |
| 247 | | |
| 248 | | 1. To run and to make the scan, click on the desktop icon Photoshop |
| 249 | | Elements. Then |
| 250 | | - select: File --> Import --> EPSON TWAIN 5 or |
| 251 | | - select, from the other smaller window: Aquire --> EPSON TWAIN 5 |
| 252 | | 2. to save to file, |
| 253 | | - select 'File' --> 'SAVE AS' --> and select the file output |
| 254 | | type: photoshop (PDD,PSD) |
| 255 | | BMP (BMP,RLE) |
| 256 | | Compuserve GIF (GIF) |
| 257 | | PhotoshopEPS (EPS) |
| 258 | | JPEG (JPG,JPE) |
| 259 | | PCX (PCX) |
| 260 | | Photoshop PDF (PDF) |
| 261 | | PICT File (PCT,PIC) |
| 262 | | Pixar (PXR) |
| 263 | | PNG (PNG) |
| 264 | | Raw (RAW) |
| 265 | | SciteX CT (SCT) |
| 266 | | Targa (TGA VDA ICB VST) |
| 267 | | TIFF (TIF) |
| 268 | | |
| 269 | | |
| 270 | | * Windows Scanner Software: |
| 271 | | |
| 272 | | **Epson Smart Panel |
| 273 | | |
| 274 | | How to do some Functions: |
| 275 | | --> Scan to OCR --> FINISH button --> Presto OCR |
| 276 | | --> RECOGNISE button --> select OpenOffice & LAUNCH button |
| 277 | | ...select 'No'...--> OpenOffice (free version of StarOffice) |
| 278 | | --> Photoprint --> Copy (may crop off right side of image a bit) |
| 279 | | |
| 280 | | Smart Panel lets you collect a bunch of scans for one 'Scan to' |
| 281 | | function(via the SCAN MORE button). It will pass the scans with |
| 282 | | a check mark to the function later on(after you click on the |
| 283 | | FINISH button). Once the FINISH button is hit, all the scans are |
| 284 | | deleted from the the Smart Panel catalog. |
| 285 | | |
| 286 | | Smart Panel stays around while different programs start up |
| 287 | | - there is usually a delay before the new program starts. |
| 288 | | |
| 289 | | |
| 290 | | = Astro Mail Servers = |
| 291 | | |
| 292 | | |
| 293 | | Note: If you send and receive astro email while logged into a Sun |
| 294 | | host, you do not always need to select an SMTP, POP/IMAP |
| 295 | | server. |
| 296 | | |
| 297 | | |
| 298 | | === SMTP Server(outgoing mail) === |
| 299 | | |
| 300 | | sierra.phys.columbia.edu (or any Sun running Solaris 8) |
| 301 | | |
| 302 | | === POP and IMAP Server(incoming mail) === |
| 303 | | |
| 304 | | jewels.phys.columbia.edu |
| 305 | | huitzil.phys.columbia.edu (alternate) |
| 306 | | attila.phys.columbia.edu (old, no SSL supoort) |
| 307 | | |
| 308 | | Both jewels and huitzil offer secure POP and IMAP, via SSL, |
| 309 | | in addition to the usual POP and IMAP services. |
| 310 | | |
| 311 | | Note: You will need one of these servers if you pick up your |
| 312 | | astro(user@astro.columbia.edu) email from a non-Sun host or |
| 313 | | wish to use 'IMAP' or 'POP' on a Sun host. |
| 314 | | |
| 315 | | |
| 316 | | === Advanatges of SSL === |
| 317 | | |
| 318 | | POP and IMAP with SSL are more secure as your password, needed each |
| 319 | | time you pick up mail via POP or IMAP, is encrypted instead of being |
| 320 | | sent as clear text across the network. |
| 321 | | |
| 322 | | Many email programs support SSL including: |
| 323 | | |
| 324 | | Pine, Netscape, Mac OS X Mail, Eudora 5.1.1(Sponsored or paid |
| 325 | | mode only) |
| 326 | | |
| 327 | | To use SSL, you'll need to select that option in your email program. |
| 328 | | |
| 329 | | Refer to [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~crussell/computing/notes/netscape_email_ssl.note SSL-notes] for Netscape 6.2 setup details. |
| 330 | | |
| 331 | | = Pool & Backup = |
| 332 | | |
| 333 | | == Permanent Sun host Data Directory Space == |
| 334 | | |
| 335 | | |
| 336 | | If you need disk space on the Sun hosts, send mail to crussell@astro . |
| 337 | | Note that ONLY /home directories are backedup on the Sun hosts. |
| 338 | | |
| 339 | | |
| 340 | | |
| 341 | | == Backup Info == |
| 342 | | |
| 343 | | 4mm tape media is available in 1008 or in 1328 so that students can |
| 344 | | backup data directories. |
| 345 | | |
| 346 | | == Backing up Directories == |
| 347 | | |
| 348 | | Notes for backing up directories can be found [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~crussell/computing/notes/backup.note here]. |
| 349 | | |
| 350 | | = Rebooting Sun Hosts = |
| 351 | | |
| 352 | | == EMERGENCY SUN HOST REBOOT/POWER OFF == |
| 353 | | |
| 354 | | |
| 355 | | If no one with root password access (crussell, caleb, jules or arlin) is |
| 356 | | available and you have determined (see below) that a reboot is |
| 357 | | necessary, you can reboot as follows: |
| 358 | | |
| 359 | | |
| 360 | | 1. If host has a front panel 'button' (ie. all SunBlades and all Ultras |
| 361 | | except for Ultra-1's) |
| 362 | | then to reboot safely: |
| 363 | | |
| 364 | | Push and let go quickly the lit button on the front panel. The |
| 365 | | screen will go black. About a minute or two later, the screen will |
| 366 | | light up, a message about syncing the disks will be displayed and |
| 367 | | then the cpu box will be powered off. |
| 368 | | |
| 369 | | After a moment, check that the light in or near the front panel |
| 370 | | button is off. Then push and let go quickly the button. The host |
| 371 | | will boot back up. |
| 372 | | |
| 373 | | NOTE: Host lakme in Room 1325 has a hardware problem and this |
| 374 | | does not work on that host. |
| 375 | | NOTE: If the 'safe' reboot doesn't work, the last resort is |
| 376 | | to hold in the 'button' about 4 seconds or more until the |
| 377 | | cpu box powers off (light is out). If that fails, then |
| 378 | | unplug the cpu box. |
| 379 | | |
| 380 | | *See below for errors that occur when the 'safe' reboot isn't possible.* |
| 381 | | |
| 382 | | |
| 383 | | 2. If host has no front panel 'button' (ie. Ultra-1 attila, isolde, lucia |
| 384 | | SPARCtation-10 odyssey |
| 385 | | SPARCstation-5 doncarlo ) |
| 386 | | then to reboot safely: |
| 387 | | |
| 388 | | Hold down 'Stop' key and the 'a' key. This will display the okay prompt: |
| 389 | | OK> |
| 390 | | In order to sync the disks (this does NOT work on other hosts), |
| 391 | | type: |
| 392 | | OK> sync |
| 393 | | After many messages (ie: syncing disks, dumping, ...) the screen |
| 394 | | will go black. When the screen turns white, the host has started |
| 395 | | to reboot. |
| 396 | | |
| 397 | | If you need to power off the host, then instead, as soon as the |
| 398 | | screen turns white for the reboot, do a 2nd 'Stop-A'. Then at the |
| 399 | | prompt, type |
| 400 | | OK> power-off |
| 401 | | to power off the cpu box. |
| 402 | | |
| 403 | | NOTE: If the 'safe' reboot doesn't work, the last resort is |
| 404 | | use the switch by the plug to power off the cpu box. |
| 405 | | |
| 406 | | *See below for errors that occur when the 'safe' reboot isn't possible.* |
| 407 | | |
| 408 | | ............................ |
| 409 | | |
| 410 | | == IS A REBOOT NECESSARY? == |
| 411 | | |
| 412 | | Most Sun hosts act as data disk servers, some also as home directory |
| 413 | | servers and others as mail, print, web, and software servers. |
| 414 | | |
| 415 | | As the Sun systems are interdependent, they are ideally always up and |
| 416 | | running with all disks mounted. Rebooting should be a last resort. |
| 417 | | |
| 418 | | Below are guidelines on how to avoid a reboot/poweroff of a Sun host. |
| 419 | | See guidelines for doing a 'safe' reboot/poweroff above. |
| 420 | | |
| 421 | | How to avoid a reboot: |
| 422 | | |
| 423 | | 1. Keep a 'console' window open. All system error messages are |
| 424 | | displayed in the console window. (In CDE's menu, select HOSTS --> |
| 425 | | Terminal Console ) |
| 426 | | |
| 427 | | 2. Check the messages in the console window. If they include: |
| 428 | | ... server SOME_HOST not responding ... |
| 429 | | then your host is likely just waiting on another host that is |
| 430 | | temporarily unavailable. Wait for the remote host to be |
| 431 | | back up. You should only reboot as a last resort and only if you |
| 432 | | can work without that remote host. |
| 433 | | |
| 434 | | If the console messages include: |
| 435 | | ... server SOME_HOST_X not responding ... |
| 436 | | ... server SOME_HOST_Y not responding ... |
| 437 | | ... server SOME_HOST_Z not responding ... |
| 438 | | then there is likely a network problem and rebooting will not help. |
| 439 | | Get in touch with the system manager. |
| 440 | | |
| 441 | | 3. If your console session is hung or frozen and there are no |
| 442 | | ... server SOME_HOST not responding ... |
| 443 | | messages, then try to kill the session from another host: |
| 444 | | > ssh -l your_username your_hostname |
| 445 | | > psallw | grep ksh |
| 446 | | USER PID %CPU PRI NI S %MEM VSZ SZ ELAPSED TIME TT COMMAND |
| 447 | | YOU 9561 0.0 59 20 S 0.1 1952 244 1-02:32:54 0:00 ? /bin/ksh \ |
| 448 | | /usr/dt/bin/Xsession |
| 449 | | > kill 9561 (PID# for your Xsession 'ksh' process) |
| 450 | | |
| 451 | | |
| 452 | | ................................. |
| 453 | | |
| 454 | | == LIKELY ERRORS AFTER 'UNSAFE' REBOOT/POWEROFF == |
| 455 | | |
| 456 | | These occur when the 'safe' reboot/poweroff described above was |
| 457 | | not possible. |
| 458 | | |
| 459 | | Disk .../dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0... not OKAY |
| 460 | | |
| 461 | | ...Run fsck... |
| 462 | | |
| 463 | | Before the indicated disk(s) can be mounted, the root account must run |
| 464 | | 'fsck' on that disk. If no one is available to use the root |
| 465 | | account, the disk and, possibly the host, will remain off line. |
| 466 | | |
| 467 | | |
| 468 | | |
| 469 | | = Emails on Poster Printing = |
| 470 | | |
| 471 | | ........................................................................ |
| 472 | | |
| 473 | | From: Fernando Camilo <fernando@astro.columbia.edu> |
| 474 | | |
| 475 | | Hi all, |
| 476 | | |
| 477 | | Several of you of late have been coming around like headless chickens |
| 478 | | inquiring how to go about printing those fancy color posters that will |
| 479 | | make a splash at the AAS and other meetings. After some deliberation, |
| 480 | | we here suggest a good method that makes use of the Columbia University |
| 481 | | Printing Services. |
| 482 | | |
| 483 | | 1. Produce a pdf file of your masterpiece. How you do this is of |
| 484 | | course up to you. Options include using 'staroffice', or making a |
| 485 | | postscript file and converting formats with 'ps2pdf'. If you want |
| 486 | | to first generate a postscript file using Latex, David Alves has |
| 487 | | generously posted some instructions on his web site (have a look |
| 488 | | [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~alves/ here] in the area "Files for Colleagues/ |
| 489 | | How to make banner poster in LaTex/download example poster" and follow |
| 490 | | the instructions in the ReadMe file). |
| 491 | | |
| 492 | | 2. Now you must convey your pdf file to printing services. You can |
| 493 | | put your file on a floppy or CD and bring it physically to 106 |
| 494 | | Journalism (lower level), on the corner of college walk (116th St |
| 495 | | on campus) and Broadway, M-F, 9am-5pm. Or you can use their anonymous |
| 496 | | ftp site: ftp to printing.columbia.edu logging in with 'anonymous' |
| 497 | | username and your e-mail as password. Then make a directory that's |
| 498 | | a unique identifier (e.g., your name), cd into it, and ftp your file in |
| 499 | | binary mode. Note that in almost all cases you still have to go |
| 500 | | to the Journalism school physically to deal with payment (see 3. below) |
| 501 | | and they very much request that you bring a small (8"x11" or A4 or |
| 502 | | similar) version of your poster so they know what it's supposed to look |
| 503 | | like in order to make a better final product. |
| 504 | | |
| 505 | | 3. Now you must let them know the file is there, what sort of format |
| 506 | | poster you want, and pay for it. You must decide on the format (size), |
| 507 | | of course. In principle posters can be up to 42 inches wide and unlimited |
| 508 | | in length. The cost is $12.5/square foot. Supposedly it takes 2-3 business |
| 509 | | days, but of course this depends on load, etc, so don't leave it for 3 |
| 510 | | days before you fly to Seattle. |
| 511 | | |
| 512 | | Payment: you must have a valid account number. If you're a student normally |
| 513 | | you should first speak to your advisor, and after s/he gives you the |
| 514 | | account number, go to the CAL office on the 10th floor and have the |
| 515 | | account number/authorized signature portion of the "Printing Services" |
| 516 | | form filled out by Donna, Trudy, or Frits (you can also get the form and |
| 517 | | have your advisor sign it). Then walk it over to the Journalism school |
| 518 | | (see 2. above), all should be well, and a few days thereafter you'll be |
| 519 | | pleased. IF for some reason you do not have someone with an account number |
| 520 | | that could reasonably pay for this expense, not all is lost: go and speak |
| 521 | | to Frits and he should be able to give you an account. _IF_ you can't |
| 522 | | get in touch with people in the CAL office/Frits (they're all away on |
| 523 | | holidays surfing in the South Pacific, for instance), then you can do the |
| 524 | | following (but this is for emergencies only, honest): |
| 525 | | |
| 526 | | - e-mail Ms Karen D'Angelo at printing@columbia.edu, explain where you've |
| 527 | | just ftp'd your file to, what you want done with it, include in the e-mail |
| 528 | | the account number to be used, and a contact phone number of a person |
| 529 | | that can vouch for that account. |
| 530 | | |
| 531 | | And I believe that covers it. You can find more about the Columbia |
| 532 | | University Printing services by calling 854-3233 or going to their web site |
| 533 | | at www.printing.columbia.edu. And if you have any questions that I might |
| 534 | | be able to help with, don't be shy. |
| 535 | | |
| 536 | | Have fun, |
| 537 | | Fernando |
| 538 | | |
| 539 | | |
| 540 | | ........................................................................ |
| 541 | | |
| 542 | | |
| 543 | | From: Ben Sugerman <ben@astro.columbia.edu> |
| 544 | | Subject: latex example of conference poster |
| 545 | | |
| 546 | | |
| 547 | | I have written a latex .cls file to make 3x4 foot posters for conferences. This |
| 548 | | is complete with new font sizes, an annotated example (poster.tex) so you can |
| 549 | | see how it is done, and a c-program that you can use to print your big poster |
| 550 | | out on many sheets of letter paper and then tape together, in case you want to |
| 551 | | proof it full size. It also will print on a single sheet of letter paper, for |
| 552 | | editing and handing out at the conference. Full color text capability is |
| 553 | | included. It recognizes all aastex symbols. Everything you need is explained |
| 554 | | in poster.tex |
| 555 | | |
| 556 | | You can download the tarball [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~ben/CU_poster.tar.gz here]. |
| 557 | | |
| 558 | | Don't bother going to my homepage to click a link for the download--it isn't |
| 559 | | there. You must use the full link I've provided above. I don't want the world |
| 560 | | getting their hands on this until all the wrinkles are worked out of it. |
| 561 | | |
| 562 | | This is distributed as is. I'm very happy to make improvements or fix bugs, but |
| 563 | | I am not volunteering in the process to fix everyone's generic latex problems. |
| 564 | | |
| 565 | | -Ben |
| 566 | | |
| 567 | | ................................................................................... |
| 568 | | |
| 569 | | |
| 570 | | |
| 571 | | From: David Alves <alves> |
| 572 | | Subject: last minute posters |
| 573 | | |
| 574 | | Hi, |
| 575 | | |
| 576 | | For those still needing to print a poster, |
| 577 | | I recommend Kinkos, but not either of the 2 closest |
| 578 | | stores. |
| 579 | | |
| 580 | | This week the printers at the 112th & Broadway store are |
| 581 | | on vacation, and the guy at the 72nd & Broadway store is a moron |
| 582 | | (also, they can't print larger than 36 inch wide banners). |
| 583 | | |
| 584 | | After complaining to help line, I was directed to this Kinkos: |
| 585 | | |
| 586 | | New York NY 24th at Seventh |
| 587 | | 245 Seventh Ave |
| 588 | | New York, NY 10001-7301 |
| 589 | | (212) 929-2679 |
| 590 | | |
| 591 | | They can print any size color poster in under 24 hours. |
| 592 | | Also, the project manager "Michael" (a woman) is helpful. |
| 593 | | |
| 594 | | ----------------------------- |
| 595 | | HOW TO DO IT WITH A VERY LARGE EPS, PS, or PDF FILE: |
| 596 | | |
| 597 | | Go to [http://www.kinkos.com/ kinkos] |
| 598 | | |
| 599 | | Look for picture of lady holding yellow book, and |
| 600 | | under her click on "Kinkonet web order" |
| 601 | | |
| 602 | | (NOTE -- there are other Kinko's web upload pages |
| 603 | | but this is the secret one with no file size limits.) |
| 604 | | |
| 605 | | Follow instructions and upload your poster to the |
| 606 | | "24th at Seventh" Kinkos," |
| 607 | | then call Michael to arrange details of order. |
| 608 | | |
| 609 | | A glossy poster is $12 per square foot. |
| 610 | | A matte poster is $10 per square foot. |
| 611 | | Lamination (best with matte) is an extra $4 per square foot. |
| 612 | | |
| 613 | | For what it is worth, I am doing matte + laminate |
| 614 | | and I'll have it tomorrow (Friday) if you want to see. |
| 615 | | |
| 616 | | Cheers, |
| 617 | | Dave Alves |
| 618 | | |
| 619 | | ........................................................................... |
| 620 | | |
| 621 | | |
| 622 | | From: David Alves <alves> |
| 623 | | Subject: more last minute posters |
| 624 | | |
| 625 | | |
| 626 | | Hi all, |
| 627 | | |
| 628 | | Although Kinkos accepts EPS/PS poster files, that doesn't mean they |
| 629 | | can print them. The problem is that they usually convert |
| 630 | | to PDF before printing (but do not tell you this). |
| 631 | | |
| 632 | | If they do not have the appropriate fonts, or if they |
| 633 | | do not know how to enable "ligatures" (i.e. as LaTex uses for "fi"), |
| 634 | | then your poster will come out looking bad. |
| 635 | | A knowledgeable print shop can handle this, but the average Kinkos |
| 636 | | store cannot. |
| 637 | | |
| 638 | | Although I am not sure that font embedding is necessary, the |
| 639 | | following commands for my poster created a PDF file that Kinkos could |
| 640 | | make into a proof and print. It looks fine. |
| 641 | | |
| 642 | | latex alves2.tex |
| 643 | | dvips -T 40.in,50.in -o alves2.ps alves2.dvi |
| 644 | | gv alves.ps |
| 645 | | ps2pdf -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true alves2.ps alves2.pdf |
| 646 | | acroread alves2.pdf |
| 647 | | (submit alves2.pdf to Kinkos) |
| 648 | | |
| 649 | | Note that the -T option in dvips forces the bounding box to be full |
| 650 | | size (I think). This helps ghostview work, but it may not be necessary |
| 651 | | for Kinkos to print the pdf file. |
| 652 | | |
| 653 | | good luck! |
| 654 | | |
| 655 | | Dave Alves |
| 656 | | |
| 657 | | |
| 658 | | ........................................................................... |
