Installing a Printer using Windows XP

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 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:

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.