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.
| Printer name | Printer type | Printer location |
|---|---|---|
| env-deans-prt3 | Xerox VersaLink C7030 | EV1 347B |
env-deans-prt4 | Xerox VersaLink B7035 | EV1 330 |
env-ers-prt3 | Xerox AltaLink C8045 | EV2 2014 |
env-gem-prt2 | Xerox VersaLink C7030 | EV1 319 |
env-hrc-prt1 | Xerox VersaLink B405 | EV3 3232 |
env-etis-prt2 | Xerox VersaLink C7030 | EV2 1008 |
env-plan-prt2 | Xerox AltaLink B8045 | EV3 3207 |
env-plan-prt4 | Xerox VersaLink C7030 | EV3 3207 (staff only) |
env-seed-prt3 | Xerox VersaLink C7030 | EV3 4322 |
env-cki-prt1 | Xerox VersaLink C7030 | EV1 204 |
Instructions
Note: The following instructions assume the user is connected to the internet with a wired campus connection or wirelessly through eduroam. It is important that you follow these steps in order.
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).
- Double-click on the "Xerox Print Driver" Apple disk/driver file.
- When 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".
Step 2: Create the printer
- To create a printer, go to the System Preferences... located under the Apple Menu (on the top left).
- Double-click on the Printers & Scanners icon.
- Click on the plus (+) sign to add a new printer. If the lock at the bottom left of the window is locked, unlock it.
- The following window will open, and you will fill in the spaces as per instructions below:
- 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.
- 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.
- Click the Start/Windows key.
- In the search field, enter: \\printsrv.uwaterloo.ca
- Hit Enter key.
- If the Windows Security window appear, you need to authenticate by entering NEXUS\your username and your NEXUS password.
- A window will open listing many different printers on campus.
- Right-click on the desired printer, and click Connect.... Windows should install the printer driver from the print server automatically.
- To set this printer to be your default printer, hit the Start/Windows key and go to Devices and Printers. Then, right-click on the printer and choose to Set as default printer.
- If you are on connecting via wireless, you may need to re-authenticate to the print server before printing. To do that, simply repeat steps 1-3 above.
Removing old printers
- Hit the Start/Windows key, and go to Devices and Printers.
- Right-click on the old printer you'd like removed, and select Remove device.