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Wireless Printing Guide

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Please Note…

In all cases you will need to be the local administrator of the pc you are installing the

print drivers on.

You must be connected via the wireless Eduroam connection before you can print

from your laptop.

You can find the guides to do this on the follow link.

https://intranet.plymouth.ac.uk//eduroam/Getting_Connected/intranet.htm

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Operating Systems Utilised

1. Windows XP (32 Bit) Click here for guide or go to Page 5

2. Windows Vista (32 Bit) Click here for guide or go to Page 7

3. Windows 7 (32 Bit) Click here for guide or go to Page 7

4. Mac OS X 10.5/10.6 Click here for guide or go to Page 9

Please note that currently no 64 Bit versions of the Windows

Operating Systems are supported yet.

To check whether you are running a 32 or 64 Bit operating system

please do the following:

For Windows XP – Click Start, then click Run, type sysdm.cpl then

click OK. Under the general tab on the system properties window

under system it will state if it is 64 bit or not. If there is no mention

of the x64 then it is by default a 32bit Operating System

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For Windows Vista/7 – Click Start, type system in the start search

box (one just above the start button) and click system in the

programs list that appears. Under the general tab on the system

properties window it will state what Bit version Vista/7 is.

Please note:

While this facility is available we cannot guarantee this service as

individual laptops may have separate issues preventing it from printing in

this manner.

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Guide for Windows XP

1. Open a run prompt by pressing the Windows key and R on the keyboard simultaneously Alternatively you can go to Start > Run

2. Type the following into the “Open” field as shown: \\print2\standard-colour-mobile If experiencing problems alternatively try \\print2.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk\standard-colour-Mobile Then click OK.

3. Enter your username and password in the prompt which appears. Your username is entered in the format UOPNET\username For example: UOPNET\jsmith100

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4. The computer will prompt you to accept installation of the driver from the server. Click “Yes” to proceed. You may be prompted for your computer password if one is set.

5. Once the print driver has installed successfully a window will appear as shown confirming that you are now connected to the printer. This is a shared print queue and you may see other users print jobs here. You will only have permissions to delete or view the properties of your own print jobs here. Close this window, you can now print from your applications.

How to Print

To print to the University printers you must select the „Standard Colour

Mobile‟ printer. Once the print job has been sent you can print your

document on any University Open Access Canon printer. Details about

how can be found here

http://ilsselfhelp.plymouth.ac.uk/novo/default.asp?id=832

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Guide for Windows Vista and 7

1. Open a run prompt by pressing the Windows key and R simultaneously Alternatively you can go to Start > Run

2. Type the following into the “Open” field as shown: \\print2\standard-colour-mobile If experiencing problems alternatively try \\print2.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk\standard-colour-Mobile Then click OK.

3. Enter your username and password in the prompt which appears. Your username is entered in the format UOPNET\username For example: UOPNET\jsmith100

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4. The computer will prompt you to accept installation of the driver from the server. Click “install Driver” to proceed. You may be prompted for your computer password if one is set.

5. Once the print driver has installed successfully a window will appear as shown confirming that you are now connected to the printer. This is a shared print queue and you may see other users print jobs here. You will only have permissions to delete or view the properties of your own print jobs here. Close this window, you can now print from your applications.

How to Print

To print to the University printers you must select the „Standard Colour Mobile‟ printer. Once the print job has been sent you can print your document on any University Open Access Canon printer. Details about how can be found here http://ilsselfhelp.plymouth.ac.uk/novo/default.asp?id=832

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Guide for Mac 0S X 10.5/10.6 Note: Installing University printers on a Mac requires the addition of some files to your computer and

requires you to know the admin password for your Mac and your network username and password.

Without one or more of these things you will be unable to complete the process.

1. Download the drivers https://exchange.plymouth.ac.uk/intranet/eduroam/public/wirelessprinting/o101eenx.dmg. This is a .dmg copy of the installer file for the Canon IRC3080 device hosted by Canon at canon.co.uk. 2. Open the downloaded file “o101eenx.dmg”. This will open a window called “uk_eng”.

3. Open the “MacOSX” folder as pictured.

4. Open “PPD Installer”.

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5. Enter your Mac password for your Mac and press OK.

6. Click “Continue”

7. Click “Agree”

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8. Click “Install”

9. Click “Quit”

10. From your desktop drag the “uk_eng” icon to the trashcan on your dock.

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11. Open the system menu by clicking the apple icon top-left and select “System Preferences…”

12. Select “Print & Fax”

13. Click on the + button to add a printer.

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14. Right click or hold down the control key and click on the toolbar and select “Customize Toolbar”.

15. Drag the “Advanced” icon to the toolbar as shown. Click “Done”

16. Click on the “Advanced” icon you have just added and then click on the arrows as indicated below and select “Windows” from the list.

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17. In the URL field, type in the following: smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@UOPNET/PRINT2/Standard-Colour-Mobile-Mac Substitute the USERNAME and PASSWORD with your own log in university credentials

18. Click on the arrows as indicated below and select “Select Printer Software”

19. Click in the top box as shown below and type in “3080”

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20. Click once on the entry named “Canon iR C3080/3480/3580” and click “OK”

21. Click “Add”

22. You can now close the print & Fax window. The printer is now connected.

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How to Print

To print to the University printers you must select the „Standard Colour Mobile‟ printer. Once the print job has been sent you can print your document on any University Open Access Canon printer. Details about how can be found here http://ilsselfhelp.plymouth.ac.uk/novo/default.asp?id=832