Effective Dec-13-07 printing to the shared printers, PO and RB, from windows workstations requires printing via "anchor" as a local print server. This helps provide better tracking of printer usage (ie, who sends what jobs)

To configure the new printer setup for Windows XP please follow the steps outlined below.

For MacOS X users, please read Techfaq.Printing-macosx. Linux users can also use the MacOS X instructions.

IMPORTANT:

This procedure requires that you have a SAMBA account configured on ANCHOR. You will need to 'login' to \\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\ once, every time you login to Windows, before you will be able to print. To do this, click 'Start -> Run' and type \\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\ and click 'OK'. You should get a username/password dialog almost immediately. Once you have typed your anchor username & password correctly, you will see a file browser for anchor. To make this procedure easier next time, drag a shortcut from any directory (I recommend your home directory, named by your username) and store it on the desktop.

Please contact Daniel to set this up if you encounter any problems.

As of June 4th, 2008, printing is possible from any host on the 129.173.104.0/22 network, as well as POLAN (129.173.23.0/24) -- provided you have a windows fileserver account on anchor, of course.

PO - B&W PRINTER:

  • Browse to Start->Settings->Printers and Faxes, or Start->Control Panels->Printers and Faxes
  • Click Add Printer and then select "Next"
  • Select the "Network Printer" Checkbox
  • Select the "Connect to this printer" Checkbox, and specify in the white space,

\\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\po

  • Choose "Have Disk" and then provide the location,

\\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\Anchor Data Pool\drivers\printers\po_hp4250

  • Files will be copied, printer will be configured.

RB - Colour Laser Printer

  • Browse to Start->Settings->Printers and Faxes, or Start->Control Panels->Printers and Faxes
  • Click Add Printer and then select "Next"
  • Select the "Network Printer" Checkbox
  • Select the "Connect to this printer" Checkbox, and specify in the white space,

\\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\rb

  • Choose "Have Disk" and then provide the location,

\\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\Anchor Data Pool\drivers\printers\rb_8560_xerox

  • A dialog box will provide a list of different but similar printers. Choose the SECOND in the list, named "8560DN".
  • Files will be copied, printer will be configured.

I recommend you right-click on "PO" and "Set to Default" once these 2 steps are done.

Chris Taggart - CT NEW Colour printer Xerox/Tektronix 8860 on 4th floor "fishocean"

Users currently configured to use this printer:

  • Janelle, Julie, Kim, Angelia, Dave Hardie, Matt Hatcher, Chris Taggart

Remaining to be configured:

  • Robert Fournier, Joel Slade, Sean Brillant

Installation instructions:

  • Browse to Start->Settings->Printers and Faxes, or Start->Control Panels->Printers and Faxes
  • Click Add Printer and then select "Next"
  • Select "Network Printer" and click 'Next'
  • Select "Connect to this printer", and specify in the white space:

\\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\fishocean

Click 'OK' and 'OK' twice, to dismiss the warning dialog boxes.

  • Choose "Have Disk" and then click 'Browse' to provide the location:

\\anchor.phys.ocean.dal.ca\Anchor Data Pool\drivers\printers\ct_8860_xerox

Click 'Open' to confirm the location, then 'OK'.

  • A dialog box will show the printer driver 'Xerox Phaser 8860 PS'. Click 'OK'.
  • Files will be copied, printer will be configured. Wait patiently until you can click 'Finish'.