Printing over the network

For a list of public network printers, see http://cf.williams.edu/oit/facilities/printers/public.cfm

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 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 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 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 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 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.