All Printing Related Material (This page has been migrated to Confluence)

See: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSCFKB/pages/44261802283/How+to+Download+RICOH+Printer+Driver

This page is meant to be a central point from which all printing related pages can be found.
Note: because of reports of many printing issues with printing via print.cs we recommend using direct to printer printing as outlined in the End Users section below for each OS

Information for End Users / CSCF Help Desk

Laptop wireless access to printers

• IMPORTANT if your are using wireless you may have also use the campus VPN to print
  • https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/AnyConnect

Finding the full list of printers and their address

• For a list of printers, locations, names you can use this link
  • CUPS server
• Please avoid using a printer that is group specific unless you are part of the group

Printer setup by OS

• Printing Resources - information for end users.
• For most printing, we recommend connecting to our CUPS printing service. The instructions below will have you enter a URL for the desired printer mentioned above..
  • Windows Printing (shortcut to Windows 8/10 setup - here)
  • Linux Printing (out of date)
  • Mac Printing (quick setup notes for Macs using CUPS here)
• Printer Maintenance - Important Operator Information (how to deal with toner, cartridges, paper, maintenance kits, etc.)
• Mac - Color Printing on Xerox Color Printers - Information for Mac users on how to print color documents on the Xerox Color Printers

Advantages of setting up for direct printing setup vs CUPS

** For Ubuntu systems where the IP address of the printer is known (usually labelled on the printer itself) one can add a printer with the Everywhere driver:

sudo lpadmin -p $pinter_name -E -v ipp://$printer_ip_address/ipp/print -m everywhere
 

• Although CUPs printing is the easiest to setup
  1. ) You can not cancel your own jobs once they have been sent
  2. ) You do not get detailed feedback from the printer when there are errors
     • Such as: Paper Jam, Paper out, Toner out, waiting for manual feed
• Setting up to print directly to the printer itself avoids all of these issues.

System Administrator Information

• Printing System Administrator Documentation - Not yet visible to anybody except DrewPilcher, FraserGunn, LawrenceFolland and Twiki Admins
• Cups Cs Server - A description of the cups only print server cups.cs. In particular, on it includes a description on how to manage Pykota (see ManageUsersPrintersOnPykota), a print quota system.
• Printer Problems - printer queue troubleshooting
• Cups Setup In CS - documents on going work on making CUPS the primary print service in CS for all platforms
• Printing Subnet - A private cs-campus style network has been setup. Consider using it.
• Printing From CSCF to Linux - Tells the sysadmin how xhier lpr can send jobs to a printer controlled by cups on a linux pc
• Adding Macintosh Network Printers - ArthurHills's notes on adding a Ricoh on a Mac (or basically any printer)
• Printing Queues - Printer setup documents on UNIX and Linux
• Macs On Main CS Printers - How to print to the main CS printers from a Mac
• Mozilla Xprint 1.7.12 and XPRINT migration
• USGPrinting
• Samba URL Printing Under Mavericks - Notes from Marlon A. Griffith of Engineering Computing.

Technical Overview/Analysis of Print Infrastructure

• Printing Working Group - Notes and stuff for the CSCF Printing Working Group
• Pros And Cons Printing Systems - a comparison of various printing systems is given
• Printing Problems - Notes on what printing problems exist and proposals on solving them
• TechNotesPrinting - How the software works and perhaps the reasons why it works a particular way.
• Cups Setup In CS - describes some of the ongoing steps being taken to make CUPS a viable print system in CS

Information About Specific Printer Models

• Xerox WorkCenter 4150
• Xerox WorkCenter 128
• Xerox WorkCentre 5335
• Ricoh Aficio 1022 On Windows
• Xerox Versalink B7035

See also

• End-User Pages To eventually be added to Printing User Documentation
• Printing User Documentation
• Print Quota - how to update print quotas
• http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/reports/CTSC/printing has Bill's December 2009 report to CTSC on our printing infrastructure.
• Miscellaneous Printing Notes - A random collection of Lawrence's printing notes

• HOW_TO_ADD_RICOH_PRINTER_DRIVER_ON_MAC.docx: HOW_TO_ADD_RICOH_PRINTER_DRIVER_ON_MAC.docx

• HOW_TO_INSTALL_RICOH_PRINTER_DRIVER_ON_MAC.docx: HOW_TO_INSTALL_RICOH_PRINTER_DRIVER_ON_MAC.docx

• HOW_TO_DOWNLOAD_RICOH_PRINTER_DRIVER.docx: Drivers for the Ricoh Printers