Installing a Printer
Windows 7
Windows XP
Mac OSX Snow Leopard
Windows 7
Students, Faculty, and Staff may print to various network printers on campus. The instructions below explain how to install a printer on your laptop or desktop.
Printers are named to match their building and room locations. For example, printer S110 is located in room 110 of the Science building.
To install a printer:
- Click on Start button
- In the "Search programs and files" box, type \\vcalcium\ and press Enter
- Icons will display for all network printers on the vcalcium server. Find the printer you want to install and double click on the printer icon. During this process, the printer driver is being installed on your system. When the printer window opens, the printer is installed and ready to use.
If you know the name of the printer you want to install, you can enter it directly into the command box: For example, to install printer C203, enter the command \\vcalcium\c203 and click ‘OK.’
Note: You can only install a printer if you have permission to use it.
Access to non-public network printers is requested for a user by the appropriate personnel in each department and granted by IT Services.
Windows XP
To install a printer:
1. Click on Start.
2. Click on Run...
3. In the ‘Run…’ command box, type \\vcalcium and click “OK.”
4. Icons will display for all network printers on the vcalcium server. Find the printer you want to install and double click on the printer icon. During this process, the printer driver is being installed on your system. When the printer window opens, the printer is installed and ready to use.
If you know the name of the printer you want to install, you can enter it directly into the command box: For example, to install printer C203, enter the command \\vcalcium\c203 and click ‘OK.’
Note: You can only install a printer if you have permission to use it.
Access to non-public network printers is requested for a user by the appropriate personnel in each department and granted by IT Services.
The following printers are available to all Lawrence Tech faculty, staff, and students, and may be installed without special permissions:
|
Printer Name |
Location |
|
C203 |
Help Desk |
|
E152 |
Engineering Building Computer Lab |
|
M113A |
Library |
|
APTN1 |
North Housing |
|
APTS1 |
South Housing |
|
S202 |
Arts & Science Lounge |
| ACRC | Architecture Lounge |
Note: In order to save paper and cut costs, print jobs sent to Help Desk, Library, and North and South Housing printers will not print until they are released. If you print to the C203, M113a, APTN1, or APTS1 printers, please ask the attendant to release your print job.
Note: To install a printer on a non-LTU laptop (a personally owned laptop) you need to authenticate using your login LTU ID and password before the printer can be installed. When prompted for a User Name and password, enter “campus\[your login ID]” in the ‘User Name:’ box and your password in the ‘Password:’ box.
If you still cannot install a printer, you may not have administrator rights on your system. Please visit the Help Desk, C203 Taubman Student Services Center for assistance.
To see all your installed printers:
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Click on Printers and Faxes and all installed printers and corresponding status messages will display.
To set a default printer:
1. From the Printers and Faxes menu, right click on the printer you want as your default printer. A menu will appear.
2. From the menu, select “Set as Default printer.”
3. A checkmark in a black circle will appear indicating the printer is the default printer.
Mac OSX Snow Leopard
Students, Faculty, and Staff may print to various network printers on campus. The instructions below explain how to install a printer on your laptop or desktop.
Printers are named to match their building and room locations. For example, printer S110 is located in room 110 of the Science building.
To install a printer:
1. Click on the System Preferences.
2. Click on Print & Fax
3. Click on the Plus Sign “+”
4. Right Click (Control + Shift + Mouse Click) on the menu bar and choose
Customize Toolbar…
5. Drag the Advanced icon onto the toolbar
6. Select the Advanced icon from the toolbar
7. From the Type: dropdown, select Windows.
8. In the URL box, type: smb://vcalcium.campus.ltu.edu/
9. In the Name box, type the printer name.
10. From the Print Using dropdown, click Select Printer Software. If you are adding one of the public printers, you will need to manually download and install the proper driver for Ricoh Aficio 8200 DN from the Ricoh website and continue with the instructions below.
11. In the window that pops up, type the model of the printer you are trying to add (i.e. Ricoh Aficio SP 8200DN) and click OK.
12. Click Add
13. Click Continue
You have successfully added a printer!
Once you send a document to the printer, you will see the following On Hold (Authentication required) status. To release the print, click on the print job, and select Resume.
In the name box, type: campus\
In the password box, type your network password
Note: You can only install a printer if you have permission to use it. Access to non-public network printers is requested for a user by the appropriate personnel in each department and granted by IT Services. The following printers are available to all Lawrence Tech faculty, staff, and students, and may be installed without special permissions:
Printer Name Location
C203 Help Desk
E152 Engineering Building Computer Lab
M113A Library
APTN1 North Housing
APTS1 South Housing
S202 Arts & Science Lounge
ACRC Architecture Lounge
Note: In order to save paper and cut costs, print jobs sent to Help Desk, Library, and North and South Housing printers will not print until they are released. If you print to the C203, M113a, APTN1, or APTNS printers, please ask the attendant to release your print job.
Note: To install a printer on a non-LTU laptop (a personally owned laptop) you need to authenticate using your login LTU ID and password before the printer can be installed. When prompted for a User Name and password, enter “campus\[your login ID]” in the 'User Name:' box and your password in the 'Password:' box.
If you still cannot install a printer, you may not have administrator rights on your system. Please visit the Help Desk, C203 Taubman Student Services Center for assistance.