Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Sun-Local Computing

Timestamp:

04/03/06 16:02:52 (20 years ago)

Author:

cdelarcuz

Comment:

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Sun-Local Computing

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         from 128MB to 1.13GB and with 9GB or more of data space per host.
         If you need disk space for data, please send me email.
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 List of Sun Blades in Student Offices & in 1008:
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 ||1414||gatsby||1.6GB||   
 ||1414||hoffman||640MB||pci-scsi card,DDS-4 tape||                                                      
-||1414||jewels||256MB||                         
+||1414||jewels||256MB||   
+
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+= Printers =
+
+Printers on the Sun Network.                                    2/2004
+
+See [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/resource/computing-note/pc_startup.note notes:]
+to access them from Windows, Mac and Linux hosts.
+
+
+Location queue name(s)    Note
+                          
+Rm 1008  hp_1008            HP LaserJet 2300 with duplex option
+         dp_1008 & dl_1008     (portrait & landscape duplex queues)
+Rm 1008  hpcolor            HP 4500 color laser - plain paper (tray 2)
+         hpfilm             HP 4500 color laser - transparency film (tray 1)
+Rm 1206  hp_1206            Brother duplex laser printer
+Rm 1418  hp_1414            HP LaserJet 4m+ with duplex option
+         dp_1414 & dl_1414     (portrait & landscape duplex queues)
+Rm 1328  hp_1328            HP LaserJet 4100 with duplex option
+         dp_1328 & dl_1328     (portrait & landscape duplex queues)
+                
+............................................................................
+
+How to  print on both sides of the paper on HP printers.      
+The HP  printers with 'duplex' mode are:
+        hp_1414, hp_1328 and hp_1008
+
+To print from Solaris hosts in regular (portrait) duplex:
+        lp -d dp_1414 <filename> (or lpr -Pdp_1414 <filename> )
+
+To print from Solaris hosts in landscape duplex:
+        lp -d dl_1414 <filename> (or lpr -Pdl_1414 <filename> )
+
+Note:   Regular(portrait) duplex implies a '3 hole punch' 
+        or binding on the 11" edge. Landscape duplex implies 
+        a '3 hole punch' or binding on the 8.5" edge.
+............................................................................
+
+
+= Tape Drives =
+Sun Tape Drive Note                        May 2003
+
+
+We have two Exabyte 8mm tape drives and three 4mm DAT drives.
+Both types of drive write, by default, in native(uncompressed)
+mode.  Tape media for both types of drive come in different 
+lengths. The drives will read media written by older model 
+drives at lower densities.
+
+We also have a special purpose SDLT drive.  This drive writes
+by default in compressed mode.  It writes only to SDLT tape
+media.  It can read media written by other model SDLT and DLT
+drives.
+
+The 4mm DAT drives(on attila & pirates) can write up to
+~24GB per tape using compressed mode and a DDS-3 125m tape.
+The newer 4mm DAT drive(on hoffman) can write up to ~40GB per
+tape using compressed mode and a DDS-4 150m tape.
+All the 8mm drives write 5GB per 112m tape uncompressed(10GB
+compressed) and a maximum of 14GB using compressed mode and 
+a 160m tape.
+
+Location  host & device name   device type
+                               (max storage)
+Rm 1008   pirates  /dev/rmt/0   24GB 4mm (DDS-3)
+Rm 1008   pirates  /dev/rmt/1   320GB SDLT
+Rm 1328   isolde   /dev/rmt/0   14GB 8mm
+Rm 1328   isolde   /dev/rmt/1   24GB 4mm (DDS-3)
+
+Rm 1004   hoffman* /dev/rmt/0   40GB 4mm (DDS-4)
+        
+
+Solaris tape drive device names(ist tape device is usually 0):
+
+/dev/rmt/0      (default density, 
+                 usually uncompressed)
+/dev/rmt/0l     (low, same as uncompressed)
+/dev/rmt/0n     (norewind)
+/dev/rmt/0c     (compressed)
+/dev/rmt/0h     (high, same as compressed)
+/dev/rmt/0cn    (compressed, norewind)
+                (/dev/rmt/0nc is NOGOOD)
+
+Density note:
+
+Drive senses density of a tape it is reading. When writing a 
+tape, you select the density when you specify the device name.
+
+On the (10-14GB) exabyte drives, when the drive is active:
+the flashing middle LED light is amber if drive is in high
+density mode but is green if drive is in low density mode.
+
+                .......................
+        
+Tape I/O errors on read.                        July 1998
+
+A likely cause if all seems okay otherwise: a large block size 
+used when tape was written.
+
+Way around error:
+TAR: tar tfb /dev/rmt/0 100 (asks for buffer(b) size of 100.
+                             default max buffer size is 20)
+
+UFSRESTORE:     ufsrestore -ibf 252 /dev/rmt/0  
+                (asks for buffer(b) size of 252.
+                 can try larger numbers as well)            
+
+= Color Scanner =
+
+                                                                
+Dell Dimension 2200 and Epson 1650 Photo Scanner  7/2002
+(in Room 1008)
+
+
+A PC with an Epson scanner is setup in room 1008.  The PC has a 
+CD-RW drive and is running Windows XP.  The scanner is known as 
+a TWAIN device.  It scans 35mm film strips or slides as well as 
+paper documents.
+
+'Adobe Photoshop Elements' can import directly from the scanner 
+and write out a file in any of a large number of formats(listed 
+below) including PDF and postscript.  
+
+The full 'Adobe Acrobat' is installed - you can scan one or more 
+pages directly into a single PDF document instead of ending up 
+with a file for each page scanned. Use 
+
+'File' --> 'Import' --> 'Scan' --> 'EPSON Twain 5' 
+
+to read from the scanner.
+
+The scanner also has Optical Character Recognition software via 
+the 'Epson Smart Panel' software, see below.
+
+Scanned documents can be copied to a printer in 1008, sftp'd to
+another host or written to CD.
+
+................................................................
+
+Basic info to scan paper document:
+
+1. line up with page size markers at top left and lower right 
+   page size (LTR, A4 )
+2. log on as 'scan'
+3. check that scanner is plugged in.  plug in USB cable if not
+   plugged in. 
+4. select the scan software, see descriptions below.  
+   (Note: If the scan software doesn't see the scanner, select:
+   'Turn off computer' from the START button and then select 
+   'Restart'. )
+
+................................................................
+
+Printers available:
+
+To print, select 'File' from the software's menu bar and use 
+'Page Setup' to select the printer and to tailor the printer 
+settings, either HP 4050 (duplex possible) or HP 4500 (color) 
+in Room 1008.
+
+................................................................
+
+To move scanner output to other workstation:
+
+After document is scanned and copied to a file, use icon 'SSH 
+Secure File Transfer Client' to transfer to your workstation.  
+Or, copy the file to a writeable CD.
+
+Copy file over network using SSH Secure File Desktop Icon:
+
+1. File --> quick connect
+2. select the output file to transfer, select destination
+   'folder' on remote workstation, select operation (Upload).
+ 
+
+Save file to a writeable CD (CD-R or CD-RW media).  The CD-RW 
+drive is 40x10x40 (write X rewrite X read).  To write to the CD:
+
+1. If a new CD, format it using icon 'Shortcut to DirectCD'.  
+   The format will be UDF(Universal Disk Format).  
+2. Copy the files to the CD as you would to any other disk device.
+3. The CD can be read on a Sun Blade running Solaris 8.  
+
+................................................................
+
+Online documetation:
+Click 'Start' --> All Programs --> Epson --> PF1250/1650 Guide
+................................................................
+
+
+Online documetation for the built-in Film Adapter:
+
+1. Click 'Start' --> All Programs --> Epson 
+   --> PF1250/1650 Guide -->
+2. Click Basic Scanning --> Using the Film Adapter 
+   --> For Perfection
+   1650 Users  (1st  entry for 1650 Users)
+................................................................
+
+
+Scanner Software Overview.
+
+The scanning device is called 'EPSON TWAIN 5'.  
+
+A document can be scanned in one of two modes. You can change 
+the mode via 'buttons' on one of the Epson Twain 5 Screens as 
+the scanning begins.
+
+a) 'Full Auto Mode' using default scanning parameters
+    (software will decide if scanner is looking at a
+     color photo,B&W document, etc.)
+b) 'Manual Mode' using your tailored scanning parameters.
+
+
+To restore the Manual Mode Twain settings to their default values:
+
+a) from the Manual Mode Epson Twain 5 window, select:
+   'Configuration...'  button --> 'Other' tab  --> 
+b) select: 'Reset All' button
+   This will reset the parameters and exit the scan.  When you
+   restart the scan, the restored settings will be there and
+   can be editted.
+................................................................
+
+Windows Scanner Software:
+
+**Adobe Photoshop Elements
+
+Useful for scanning to a file as Photoshop can write out the scan 
+in many file formats including postscript and PDF. For some formats, 
+it will let you reduce the size of the output file (adjusting the
+resolution to make the file smaller).
+
+1. To run and to make the scan, click on the desktop icon Photoshop
+   Elements.  Then
+ - select: File --> Import --> EPSON TWAIN 5 or
+ - select, from the other smaller window: Aquire --> EPSON TWAIN 5
+2. to save to file,  
+ - select 'File' --> 'SAVE AS' --> and select the file output
+   type: photoshop                      (PDD,PSD)
+         BMP                            (BMP,RLE)
+         Compuserve GIF                 (GIF)
+         PhotoshopEPS                   (EPS)
+         JPEG                           (JPG,JPE)
+         PCX                            (PCX)
+         Photoshop PDF                  (PDF)
+         PICT File                      (PCT,PIC)
+         Pixar                          (PXR)
+         PNG                            (PNG)
+         Raw                            (RAW)
+         SciteX CT                      (SCT)
+         Targa                          (TGA VDA ICB VST)
+         TIFF                           (TIF)
+                
+................................................................
+
+Windows Scanner Software:
+
+**Epson Smart Panel
+
+How to do some  Functions:
+--> Scan to OCR --> FINISH button --> Presto OCR 
+--> RECOGNISE button --> select OpenOffice & LAUNCH button 
+ ...select 'No'...--> OpenOffice   (free version of StarOffice)
+--> Photoprint --> Copy  (may crop off right side of image a bit)
+
+Smart Panel lets you collect a bunch of scans for one 'Scan to'
+function(via the SCAN MORE button). It will pass the scans with 
+a check mark to the function later on(after you click on the 
+FINISH button).  Once the FINISH button is hit, all the scans are 
+deleted from the the Smart Panel catalog.
+
+Smart Panel stays around while different programs start up 
+- there is usually a delay before the new program starts.
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