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Printing from Department Windows systems

These directions are for Windows 7, and don't apply to the older Windows XP systems

Adding your printers

No printers are installed by default on the School's Windows 7 wokstations. Instead you must manually connect to the printer(s) you need. You will only need to do this once, and it will be remembered by windows.

  • You should find a link on your desktop called “Phys & Astro Printers”. Open it by double-clicking.
  • Find the printer you would like, and double-click it. It will automatically download a driver and connect to the printer, and should now appear in your “Devices and Printers” area.
  • Next, set your default printer (next section)

Changing the Default Printer

  • Click the start menu (blue circle) → Devices and Printers
  • Choose which printer you want as your default and RIGHT click.
  • Select “Set as default Printer” from the menu (if not already checked)

Printing to Toshiba copiers

To print to the Toshiba copiers (such as the Astronomy copier 358c, or FTPI copier 431c), you need to supply your Department Code.

  • On the Windows “Print” dialog, click Properties
  • On the Layout tab of the properties windows, click the Advanced button
  • You now find a long list of additional options. In the section named “Printer features” change these settings:
    • set “Department code” to “Enabled”
    • set “Department Code (DC) - Digit1” through “…Digit5” to the five digits of your department code.
  • Click OK to return to the Print dialog.
  • Your job should now print normally.
computing/department/windows/printing.1312920649.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/08/09 15:10 (external edit)