Printing and Scanning - KTA Computer System

The department has several shared network printers. See the map below for their exact locations.

Office Printers¶

Mugs, Mops and Hermes are located in the offices and print duplex (two-sided), black and white only.

Printer Name	Printer Type	Queue name	Location
Mugs	`HP LaserJet P2055dn`	`Alias_Mugs_porygon`	Office 2162
Mops	`HP LaserJet P3010`	`Alias_Mops_porygon`	Office 2172
Hermes	`HP LaserJet P3010`	`Alias_Hermes_porygon`	Office 2152

Printer Room¶

Dada and Beuys are located in the printer room and print duplex, in color.

Printer Name	Printer Type	Queue name	Location
Dada	`HP_Color_LaserJet_4700`	`Alias_Dada_porygon`	Printer Room
Beuys	`HP_Color_LaserJet_M653`	`Alias_Beuys_porygon`	Printer Room

Connecting to a Printer¶

All printers are served through a central CUPS print server running on porygon, which bundles the drivers for every printer itself. This means you print via IPP without installing any vendor driver on your own machine — just add a “network printer” / “internet printing protocol printer” in your OS, and the server handles the rest.

Since the print server also broadcasts its queues via mDNS, most Linux and macOS desktops will discover the printers automatically. In the discovery list they show up as Alias_<Name>_porygon, e.g. “Alias_Mops_porygon” — select the one you need by name. If a printer doesn’t show up automatically, you can also browse and manage it through the print server’s web interface:

print.ktas.ph.tum.de (only reachable from within the university network or via VPN)

Scanning¶

A scanner is available on porygon. Log into porygon and scan using either:

NAPS2 — launch it from the GNOME Activities menu, or run naps2 from a terminal.
Simple Scan — also available from the GNOME Activities menu, a more minimal alternative.