The printer queues in the Faculty of Environment have been moved over to the Information Systems & Technology (IST) central print server queue called printsrv. To set up your computer to print to a departmental or unit printer, please follow the instructions for PCs and Mac computers below.

Note: These instructions are only for setting up faculty or staff computers on campus to the department printers - not the lab printers. If you are off-campus, make sure you have installed the University's virtual private network (VPN).

All departments within the Faculty of Environment have been set up with a networked Xerox multifunction printer. The supplies for these printers can be ordered through W Print.

Technical issues should be reported by raising a request to IST.

To support green IT initiatives, ETIS will not support any personal home/office printers.

Instructions

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title Adding departmental printers on a Mac computer
Step 1: Download and install the driver Visit Xerox Support and Drivers website and download the appropriate driver for your printer. Once you've downloaded the driver onto your Mac computer, double-click on the "XeroxPrintDrive" Apple disk image file (.dmg file). Image Removed Double-click on the "Xerox Print Driver" Apple disk/driver file. Image RemovedWhen the Xerox Print Driver window appears, double-click on the Xerox Print Driver package file (.pkg). Note: Do not select a printer during this process - just click "Continue". Image Removed Step 2: Create the printer To create a printer, go to the System Preferences... located under the Apple Menu (on the top left). Image Removed Double-click on the Printers & Scanners icon. Image Removed Click on the plus (+) sign to add a new printer. If the lock at the bottom left of the window is locked, unlock it. Image Removed The following window will open, and you will fill in the spaces as per instructions below: Image Removed Click on the IP tab. On the Address field, enter: printsrv.uwaterloo.ca Set Protocol field to: Line Printer Daemon -- LPD On the Queue field, enter the desired printer name as indicated on the table above (see step 1). On the Name field, enter the official queue name or some other name (using official queue name will make troubleshooting easier). On the Location field, enter the printer location (optional). On the Use field, choose Select Software and locate the printer driver for your printer. Image Removed Choose OK and then Add. You may need to set some options for some printers. Under Default Printer field, you can choose to make this printer the default. Removing old printers Double-click on the Printers & Scanners icon. Select the printer you'd like removed. Click on the minus (-) sign. Include Page ISTKB:Adding a Xerox Printer to your Mac ISTKB:Adding a Xerox Printer to your Mac