Printing from the Front Desk

Instructions on Printing

Good printers to use are single, double, and office1. Double is for double sided things like build packets, adoption packets, build sheets and quality control sheets. Single is for single sided things like build status sheets and receiving forms.

Most all the things you will print are located at http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/ . Below is a short list of common things you will want to print.

Tour

This is stuff that we print to hand out to new volunteers.

http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/buildstatus.ps (Build Status Sheet - 3-hole punch and paper clip to build packets)
http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/buildpacket.ps (Build Packet)
http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/adoptionpacket.ps (Adoption Packet)

Build

This is stuff that builders will request us to print.

http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/build-qc.ps (Build Sheet)

Receiving

These are the little donation slips that donors bring us. Print sparingly!

http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/receivingdonationform.ps (aka. Donation Slip)

Brochures

This is the informational brochure that we fold in the office supply room.

first read How to print and fold Free Geek Brochures.
then grab a fresh copy of http://web.freegeek.org/deadtrees/sources/brochure.odg

so you like the command line

Click on the form you want to print.
Click on "save as" (not "open with") and save it somewhere easy, i.e. the desktop.
Now open a terminal (using Gnome, it's under applications/accessories).
Type in this command:

lpr -P <printer name> -#<number of copies> /filename

Example:

lpr -P double -#20 /home/guest/Desktop/buildpacket.ps