WindowsPrinting

Windows Printing Guide

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Introduction

This will guide you through the process of installing and using the printers here at UMIACS.

Installation

Please note that this applies to machines on any UMIACS network. This includes all proxy networks and the vast majority of machines in the labs but not the wireless netowork. To see a list of printers available please visit this link \\booboo.pc.umiacs.umd.edu. Alternatively, if this does not work, you can right click on ‘My Network Places’, click ‘Search for computers…’ and enter booboo.umiacs.umd.edu. If you're connecting from the wireless network, or from a proxy network, you will have to log in. In the field where the login dialog asks for your name, put in PC\username. Here you will see all the printers in UMIACS. To use any of the printers you will need to install it first. The four-digit number in the name of the printer is the room that it is located in. Select a printer that you wish and double click it. You should a screen like this:

Click yes and the printer will be installed on your machine. It will now appear in the list of printers in Start->Settings->Printers. It will be available to print to from all applications.

In most applications you can go to File->Printing and you will see a number of options available for the printer. Depending on what printer you have selected, different options will appear.

Duplex Printing

Many printers in UMIACS support duplex (or 2 sided) printing. For a list please see the ‘what printers can do what’ section. To use duplex Click on File->Printing and select your printer, then click on properties. Depending on the model of the printer this option will be located in different places and may be called different things. Usually it will located on the first screen.

Transparencies, Special Paper and Secure Printing

Jobs that require special media (such as letter head, transparencies, etc.) can be printed to the printers that support job retention (link…..). Job retention enables you to send your job to the printer and have it held in the printer until you release it. When you print a job with job retention you can get your media, load it into the printer via the manual feed and then print. To print with job retention select a printer that supports this feature and click properties. Then select the Destination tab.

Select the options button.

Select Private Job and file in a title and PIN number and select ok. Once the job has been sent you will need to retrieve it from the printer. Go to the printer and follow these steps:

• Press MENU repeatedly until PRIVATE/STORED JOBS MENU appears.

• Press ITEM until the desired job name appears.

• Press SELECT. PIN:0000 appears.

• Press - VALUE + to change the first number of the PIN, and then press SELECT. An * appears in place of the number. Repeat these steps to change the remaining three numbers of the PIN. COPIES=1 appears.

• Press - VALUE + until the desired number of copies appears.

• Press SELECT to print the job.