No printers are installed by default on our Windows 7 workstations. 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 shortcut on your desktop called “Phys & Astro Printers”. Open it by double-clicking.
  • if you can't find that shortcut, you can go to the start menu and type \\spa-printserver\ into the “Search programs and files” box.
• Find the printer you would like, and double-click it.
  • If you're not sure what the different printers are, a list is available in MyPhys. Most printer names include their room number.
  • It will automatically download a driver and connect to the printer, and should now appear in your “Devices and Printers” area.
• Optionally, set your default printer (next section)

<note>Unfortunately we have two naming schemes in play for the Windows print queues. Some use our old names, which are simply the room number. Others are of the format “SPA-XXX-HP” or “SPA-XXX-XEROX”, where XXX is the (Tate) room number, and HP or XEROX is the printer type. </note>

• 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)

• Click the start menu (blue circle) → Devices and Printers
• Choose which printer you want to remove and RIGHT click.
• Select “Remove device” from the menu.

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.

When printing to the Xerox copiers, you should get prompted for your copy code (“User ID”). You can find your code in MyPhys