Exons:
Relevant bits of information for using the MUSC Shared Resource,
 the BioMolecular Computing Resource (BCR).

Exon_16_Printing fIles in the UNIX System


Printing your text files in the UNIX system may be accomplished in 
any one of three ways.

1) Use your terminal software and the UNIX "cat" command to capture 
the file displayed on screen to a designated file on the personal 
computer. The means to do this vary from program to program. Here 
are two examples.

	a)The MAC program VersaTerm Pro has a "save stream" 
command under the "File" pulldown menu. From here you are 
prompted to name a file to receive the stream and to select a drive 
for the file. Issue the UNIX command "cat filename" and the text 
will be captured in your designated file on the MAC. 

	b)The DOS program KERMIT has a log session command. 
Switch KERMIT  to the mskermit prompt (alt-x)and type "log session path:\filenamePC"; eg log session c:\proj\protein\myseq.pep. Then 
return to the terminal session(type "c") and issue the UNIX command
 "cat filenameUNIX" and the text will be captured to a file called 
"filenamePC" on the PC. "Control-Q" or "alt-x" then "close session" 
end the logging process.

Once on the personal computer, the file may be opened and printed 
with any word processor. Note that alignments printed in fonts other 
than Courier (courier has equal space for each character;  i and W 
are printed in the same width on a page) will be useless for analysis. 
Have the word processor reformat the alignment in Courier prior to 
printing.

2)  Use your favorite means to FTP  the UNIX file to your personal 
computer. Open the file with your word processor and print it. KERMIT 
users should note that KERMIT has never been installed on the SGI 
platforms. If you use KERMIT for file transfer you must do these things.
	a) log onto ATRIUM ( NOT ERG! Use  your BCR usename and 
password).
	b) at the UNIX prompt type "kermit". This initiates the UNIX 
KERMIT.
	c) type "send filename" or "receive filename" as appropriate.
	d) switch from the terminal session to the mskermit prompt
(alt-x).
	e) type "send filename" or "receive filename" as appropriate.
This should result in the wanted transfer. Open the file with your 
word processor and print it.

3) UNIX systems do allow for selection of printers via the command 
"lpr"; this has been implemented for BCR Users. While sitting at
one of the BCR workstations (VRAP, TREX, STEGO) or while remotely 
logged onto one of these machines, users can type one of the 
following to print to LRC printers (printing is charged at the rate 
of $0.25/page):

lpr -Ptext filename.txt

This would cause the contents of the TEXT file named "filename.txt" 
to be printed on the LRC networked printers.

Graphics files in postscript format may be printed by typing:

lpr -Praw filename.pst

This would cause the contents of the Postscript graphics file named 
"filename.pst" to be printed on the LRC networked printers.

Color printing is NOT (2-17-97) presently available from the BCR
workstations. Upon activation of the service, color graphics may 
be printed (color printing will be charged at the rate of about 
$3.00/page or less) by typing:

lpr -Pcolor filename.pst

This would cause the contents of the Postscript graphics file named 
"filename.pst" to be printed on the LRC color printers.