View source for Printing over the network

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[[Category:How-To]][[Category:Computers]]
For a list of public network printers, see http://cf.williams.edu/w/?u=docs/Public+Printer+List

If you are printing out many slides for studying, see [[How to print multiple slides per page]]

====On a PC:====
*Go to Start->Run and type "\\williams\williams"
*Scroll down until you see a somewhat overwhelming list of the network printers on campus, e.g. lw-jesup-205 
*Click on the printer you want to install, then click "Yes" and "OK" to the popups
*Find the type of the printer you want to install (some listed [http://cf.williams.edu/oit/facilities/printers/public.cfm here]).  All public printers are HP, usually laserjet 5m, 4000, 4050, 4100. If you can't find the right one, select something close to it.
*The installation should complete on its own, and the printer will come up as an option the next time you try to print.
====On a PC (without [[Novell NetWare]] installed):====
*Go to "Printers and Faxes"
*Click "Add a Printer"
*Click Next and then Next again for "Local printer attached to this computer"
*Choose the "Create a new port" bullet and Scroll down to "Standard TCP/IP port"
*Click Next and then Next again
*Type in the name of the printer you want installed followed by ".williams.edu", e.g. lw-jesup-205.williams.edu
*Click Next twice, then wait a while
*Follow the same instructions as above for choosing the type of printer to install

====[[Mac OS X]] 10.4:====

*Open Print and Fax from the System Preferences
*With the Printing tab selected, click the + button
*When the Printer Browser opens, select IP printer
*Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD as the Protocol. Set the address to: lpr.williams.edu (note lpr is L P R)
*You will need to look up the queue name of a public printer. Also note the model (some listed [http://cf.williams.edu/oit/facilities/printers/public.cfm here]).
*Type in the printers queue name, e.g. lw-jesup-205
*Select the model. If you aren't sure, the HP laserjet 5m is a good choice.

====Mac OSX 10.3:====

*Open Fax and Print from the System Preferences
*Add Printer
*Select IP printing
*Select LPD/LPR. Set the printer address to: lpr.williams.edu (note lpr is L P R)
*You will need to look up the queue name of a public printer. Also note the model (some listed [http://cf.williams.edu/oit/facilities/printers/public.cfm here]).
*Type in the printers queue name, e.g. lw-jesup-205
*Select the model. If you aren't sure, the HP laserjet 5m is a good choice.

====Mac OSX 10.0 to 10.2:====

*Open the Mac Print Center (located in Applications / Utilities)
*Add Printer 
*The best option is to select LPR. Set the server to: lpr.williams.edu (note lpr is L P R)
*Uncheck the "use default queue name on server"
*You will need to look up the queue name of a public printer. Also note the model (some listed [http://cf.williams.edu/oit/facilities/printers/public.cfm here]).
*Type in the printers queue name, e.g. lw-jesup-205
*Choose the model. If you aren't sure, the HP laserjet 5m is a good choice.
*If you have AppleTalk enabled on your Mac you can browse for printers directly.

====Unix servers:====

*ssh into the unix servers
*issue the command '''lp -d''' "''name of the public printer''" "''name of file''", where the public printer name is from [http://http://oit.williams.edu/w/?u=docs/Public+Printer+List here], and the name of the file is the name of the file on your unix account.
*if you want to see the status of the printer, try '''lpstat -p''' "''name of the public printer''"
*laugh at your foolish \/\/1|\|D0\/\/$ friends.