All Printing Related Material

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 (quick setup notes for Ubuntu 13.014/14.04 here)
  • 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

• 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