Mainframe Printing Services

The NIH Data Center offers several printing options. Output from Titan can be listed at the central facility or at a local networked printer, conveniently located in the user's office.

Titan Printing at the Central Facility

Beginning November 15, 2009, Titan’s default centralized printing will use cut-sheet paper. Refer to this Titan News article.

The default standard Titan printing service features double-sided, cut-sheet forms in landscape mode, on high-volume laser printers.

Laser Printers

The standard printing service produces high quality output on laser printers, at approximately 229 pages per minute, on cut-sheet forms. This service is provided on the 2105 ES high-speed laser printing subsystem. Options include single-sided or double-sided (duplex) printing in landscape or portrait mode. In addition, 3-hole punched paper is available.

Impact Printers

The slower impact printers must be used for jobs which must print within 1/2 inch of the perforations between pages, do overprinting with any character except underline, or use pressure sensitive labels or multi-part forms.

Alternatives to Printing

For information on alternatives to printing mainframe output, go to:
http://silk.nih.gov/silk/PrintingAlt

Network Printing Services

Local Networked Printers–VPS

Users can print output from Titan to printers accessible via the NIHnet or the Internet using the VPS printing service. The output goes to printers attached to a PC, Mac, workstation, or local area network (LAN) connected to NIHnet and running an LPD server. The printer must be accessible via a static IP address. AppleTalk¹ printers are supported in conjunction with CIT's PrintShare services.

InfoPrint

The InfoPrint service allows users to send documents from a NIHnet-connected Windows-based computer to the high-speed IBM InfoPrint 2105 ES cut-sheet printers via the InfoPrint Manager Server. This service can be set up to print documents single or double sided, in landscape or portrait mode, with a 3-hole paper option. Contact the NIH Help Desk for more information.

For More Information

• For alternatives to printing, see the Titan News article of 9/29/2009, describing changes to the Titan printing service.
• Refer to the Titan Batch Processing manual and the Titan User's Guide for instructions on using Titan printing services.
• For printing costs, see the Data Center Rates page (under Titan System).
• Contact the NIH Help Desk if you need assitance.

¹ AppleTalk is not supported in Macintosh OS 10.6 or later.