Sending Files Over the Network
UNL Printing Services can receive files on disk or over the UNL network. If your computer is on the campus network you can get files to us regardless of whether you use a Macintosh or PC. Outlined below are the files to send and the steps to transfer those files to us. Please remember to notify Printing Services once your files have been transferred.
What Do I Send?
The files you send us depend mainly on the application you use to create documents. If you have created a document using software we support directly, just send us that file. If you use an unsupported application, you may have to export your document to one of our supported graphics formats. You also need to send us any linked images as well as any fonts used in your document.
Sending Fonts
Macintosh
Fonts are found in your Fonts folder in your System folder. You need to send both the screen fonts as well as the printer (PostScript) fonts. The easiest way to identify the fonts is to open the Fonts folder and select View By Kind. At the bottom of your window will be the font suitcases. These are the screen fonts. Send us the appropriate suitcases or individual fonts. Now look for a PostScript font near the middle of your Fonts window. These are the printer fonts. If there is a matching one for a screen font you just found, send it also. Not all screen fonts have a matching printer font, so don't panic if you can't find both. (Mac fonts sent via email must be stuffed)
PC (TrueType)
Most of the fonts you will need to send will be TrueType fonts. You can find these fonts in your \windows\system directory. They will have a .ttf extension.
PC (PostScript)
If you have PostScript fonts installed on your PC, they can usually be found in the \psfonts\pfm directory on your hard drive, and will have a .pfm filename extension.
How Do I Send These Files?
The method for sending files to us depends mainly on your internal network environment. If you use a Macintosh, you can use your chooser to connect to our server and drag files to it. If you have a PC you will need to use some form of a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program. There are a wide number of graphical and text-based FTP programs available, so the exact syntax of the FTP commands will vary. Below are some step-by-step instructions for sending your files.
FTP Access
Macintosh Users
All Macintosh users must ftp through a Macintosh compatible FTP program. Fetch is a program that we suggest. To download fetch, visit http://fetchsoftworks.com.
The following information is needed to logon to the FTP site.
HOST: printcopy.unl.edu
USERNAME: printcopy
PASSWORD: 2print3m
This will gain you access to Printings Website. You will then see 3 directories.
Archives
Work in progress
New Work
Submit your job in the "New Work" Folder
PC Users
Use WS-FTP, or another pc compatible FTP program.
The following parameters are ALL that are needed:
Host: printcopy.unl.edu
User ID: printcopy
Password: 2print3m
Other Media
UNL Copy Services can also receive files on disk or CD or USB "flashdisk". We can read 3.5" disks formatted for the PC. We can also receive Iomega Zip disks (100 & 250 MB) - PC users need to format their Zip disks with the Iomega Tools program.
