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Printing To Library Printers
A guide to printing to the public printers at the Gustavus Public Library
The price for printing or copying is 25 cents per page. You can
print or copy up to 5 pages of reference material for free. Additional
pages, and any printing of personal information, including e-mail, is
subject to the 25 cents per page charge.
Printing From Library Computers
As of April, 2011, the Public
Use Computers print as follows:
- The default printer for all five public-use
computers is called Laser. In order to print to this
printer it must be turned on and loaded with
paper and on-line.
- Also available is a color printer. To print to it, choose
Print from your program's file menu, and in the list
of printers, choose Color. For more information on the
printer, visit the printer's
home page.
If you are having problems printing, check the
following:
- Know what printer you are printing to. Choose print from your
program's file menu.
- Make sure that the printer has paper, is turned on, and is
"Ready."
- If that doesn't work, ask your librarian about the problem. For
persistent problems, address an e-mail message to everyone@corvid.info .
Printing From Personal Computers
You may wish to print from your own personal computer that you have
brought to the library. This requires a one-time setup to connect your
computer to the library printer of your choice.
From Windows Computers
The easiest way to connect a Windows computer to a library printer
is as follows. This procedure will automatically install the
appropriate driver software for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and
Windows Server 2000-2008 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
- Click your start button, then click
Run. Alternatively, hold down your Windows key and
press R. Either way brings up the "Run" dialog box.
- To connect to the laser printer, type in \\dc1\laser and press enter or click OK.
Wait patiently for the printer to install.
- To connect to the color printer, type in \\dc1\color and press enter or click
OK. Wait patiently for the printer to install.
The printers should now be in your list of available printers so you
can select them when printing from any program.
From Non-Windows Computers
Mac and Linux computers (and probably lots of other devices) using
the library's wireless or Ethernet network can print directly to the
library printers over the network. Attempt to add a network
printer using the capabilities built into your operating system. The
printers may be found automatically, or you may have to install the
driver software first. Drivers for your operating system are available
from the manufacturers' web sites. Library technicians are unable
to assist with personal computers, especially non-Windows, but the
following information may assist in your effort.
Laser Printer
Color Printer
Technical Details
- Both printers are plugged directly into the library's Ethernet
network via their built-in Ethernet interfaces.
- Print jobs come over the network to the print server from the main
file server DC1. The printers are locally installed, mapped to standard
TCP/IP ports. The printers are shared out as \\dc1\laser and
\\dc1\color. In configuring the ports, it was necessary to connect them
to a static IP address. There are reservations in the DHCP server (the
main library server) for the printers.
- The printers themselves can be addressed via their DNS names,
laser.gustavus.lib.ak.us and color.gustavus.lib.ak.us .
- The main server DC1 gets the print jobs from its users or from the
workstations over the
network. The workstations have the printers installed with the standard
names used above. They print to the network shares named above. LASER
is set to be the default.
- The easiest way to install a printer is to start-run \\DC1 then
click OK, then double-click on the printer you want to install (do
not open the printers folder).
For general computer troubleshooting notes, go to the computer support page.
