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This shell script allows students to remotely print documents from your own computer to the CDF printers.

I have no responsibility over any damages or loss that may occur during the execution of or usage of my shell script. Please note that I have developed and ran this shell script for UofT's downtown campus; thus, I have no guarantee on whether it works for other UofT campuses.

1. On your local machine, it sends all the documents on the folder with the shell script over to the UofT CS lab machines in the folder ~/Desktop/PrintJobs (if there is no such folder it will make one for you)
2. Then, on the UofT CS lab machines, it will print all the documents stored in $REMOTE_PRINTFOLDER to a printer named $PRINTER
3. Finally, on your local machine, it will delete all your documents in your folder with the shell script to indicate that it has finished printing.

You will need either:

• A windows machine with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) installed, or
• A linux machine, or
• A Mac OS machine

Please follow the following instructions to help you run the shell script

1. Download the shell script, name it as print.sh and copy it to a dedicated printing folder (note that it must be an empty folder!)
2. Open the shell script and fill in the following values in <> located near the top of the file: a. Your UTOR ID b. A printer at UofT that supports printing from UofT's CS lab machines (my favourite is p2210a which is on the third floor of Bahen)

1. Put all the documents that you want to print from your local machine to the folder containing the shell script
2. Run the shell script by typing the command sh print.sh. It will print all documents that are present in the folder (except for print.sh).

The shell script was developed by Emilio Kartono