Precondition

Please be aware that you must be on one of the CSLab networks in order to access our printers.

On Windows 10, printing to our network printers is slightly different from the process for previous versions of Windows. Samba printing has proven unreliable on some win10 machines, and so we recommend using IPP printing via our print server. For this method, you do not have to mount your samba homedir prior to printing.

Selecting a Printer

The easiest way to determine the name and model of the printer you want to use is to walk over and look at it. All the printers we support should have their queue name on a label on the front or top of the printer.

Please note that it is important that you do not choose a universal printer driver.

Setting Up a Printer

  1. Click Windows Start Menu Icon and click 'Settings'.
  2. Click 'Devices'.
  3. Click 'Printers & Scanners'.
    Click 'Add a printer or scanner'.
  4. It will begin looking for a printer/scanner, but will not find any.
    Click 'The printer that I want isn't listed' option when it appears.
  5. Select a printer by name. Type in 'http://printers.cs.toronto.edu/printers/printer name'.
    For example, if your printer is lw-ba1234 you would enter http://printers.cs.toronto.edu/printers/lw-ba1234.
    It is critical that you use the correct name for the printer, as it will not offer you a list from which to select a printer.
  6. After you choose your printer click Next.
  7. In the Printer Drivers window, click the Manufacturer of the printer (HP) and the printer driver (for example HP LaserJet 4250 PCL6).
    In some cases, you may have to use windows update or manually download a driver if there is not a compatible one included in windows.
    It is important that you do not choose a universal print driver.
    If offered multiple choices for a particular model, choosing a PCL6 driver is the safest bet.
    Click OK.
  8. In the 'You've successfully added lw-ba1234 on printers.cs.toronto.edu' window, click Next.
  9. You will be prompted to print a test page, click 'Print a test page'.
  10. Your printer should print a test page successfully. Click Close.
  11. Click Finish.