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Computer Labs

Maple Lab

The Mathematical Sciences Maple Lab located in Stratton Hall Room 306 consists of 25 Pentium 4 PCs loaded with the latest version of the software program Maple. Maple is used in conjunction with Calculus instruction in the lab. The computers are also loaded with several other mathematically orientated programs and are available for general use outside the time the lab is scheduled for course related labs. View the current schedule for the lab.

Statistics Multimedia Classroom

The Mathematical Sciences Multimedia Classroom located in Kaven Room 207 has 28 Pentium 4 computers running SAS 9.2 used in conjunction with various Statistics programs offered by the Mathematical Sciences Department. View the current schedule for the Statistics Multimedia Classroom. Aside from times that classes are scheduled the lab is available for use 24/7.

Financial Multimedia Classroom

The Mathematical Sciences Financial Multimedia Classroom located in Morgan Hall Room A has 7 Pentium 4 PC's with dual monitors used in conjunction with the Financial Mathematics Masters Program.

Maple Resources

MATLAB Resources

LaTeX and Windows

To LaTeX under Windows you will need 5 pieces of software; fortunately they can all be obtained without cost.

MiKTex; You can download it from http://www.miktex.org/ Make sure you run the 'total install". Detailed information on installing Miktex can be found at http://docs.miktex.org/manual/installing.html
One note: MiKTex can take up to an hour or more to install.
Ghost script and Ghost view; You can download the latest versions from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
Acrobat Reader; you can download the latest version from http://www.adobe.com/ of all the applications needed this one is most likely already on your Windows computer.
A Tex editor such as Winedit or TeXnicCenter. Winedit (http://www.winedt.com/) can be used without cost for 30 days on a trial basis. TeXnicCenter (http://www.toolscenter.org/) is open source software and free to use without trial. It's your choice which you wish to use.

Once you have installed all of the necessary applications you will use the Tex editor to edit your LaTeX document and then be able to build and output it to any combination of dvi, ps, and pdf files.

Help & Support

List of Printers Available in Stratton Hall

      Location             Windows/Printers Name      Unix/Linux Q name      Model/Type
      SH108-Main Office    math108                    math108                HP B&W Laserjet 4250n w/duplexer
      SH108-Main Office    sh_ma5                     mathcolor              HP Colorjet 4600n
      SH104D               sh_math3                   math3                  HP B&W Laserjet 4050n
      SH207                sh_math2                   math207                HP B&W Laserjet 4100n w/duplexer
      SH306-Maple Lab      sh_ma2                     sh306                  HP B&W Laserjet 4250n
      SH014-Basement       sh_ma3                     mathunder              HP B&W Laserjet 4M Plus

Printing From UNIX

Helpdesk printing resources...

There are several PostScript laser printers on campus. You may print out plots and text for inclusion in your labs, project writeups and other academic work. Any files you print out that are not directly related to classwork, however, will cost you 10 cents per page. Note that laser printers may only be accessible from the machines in their area. From the Fuller Labs, one valid printer choice is "lps20". The printer "mgtlab" is in the Management Lab. In the SH306 Lab, the laser printer is named SH306 in the UNIX Queue and "sh_ma2" in the Windows Uniprint Queue. To print a file named "filename" on a printer named "printername", the command is

     lpr -Pprintername filename

Checking and Cancelling Jobs

Each printer keeps track of the order in which print jobs are sent to it. To examine the current list (known as the print queue), type:

      lpq -Pprintername

where "printername" is the printer in question. The result should either be ``no entries'' (which means that any jobs that have been sent to the printer have already been processed) or something resembling the following:

      printername is ready and printing via remote
      Rank   Owner      Job  Files                         Total Size
      active generic    329  mail_file                     23453 bytes
      1st    generic    330  (standard input)              42741 bytes
      2nd    somebody   331  assign1                       82453 bytes
      3rd    somebody   332  assign2                       72544 bytes
      4th    you        333  (standard input)              83546 bytes

In general, it is a good idea to run "lpq" on every available printer before printing your file to see which is less busy. If you decide the process is taking too long and you want to change printers, or if you accidentally print the wrong file, you can cancel your jobs by using "lprm" as follows:

      lprm -Pprintername 333

will remove (dequeue) printer job #333 from the printer ``printername'' (provided the job is yours), and

      lprm -Pprintername -

will remove ALL jobs which are yours from the printer ``printername.'' In either case, you will be notified if the removal is successful, with` a message such as:

  somename.WPI.EDU: dfA332yourstation.WPI.EDU dequeued
  somename.WPI.EDU: cfA332yourstation.WPI.EDU dequeued

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