Printing

Printing from the ISG labs is free. Please do not abuse this service or we may have to start charging (we do keep logs). The ISG lab printer is an Oki B8300. This is a postscript printer with double sided capability. Please use Double sided.

 

Note!
If you are trying to connect to the printer using a laptop then you can either browse the network for isg-uniprint and select the right printer (you'll have to enter your username (ISG-STUDENT\username) and password in the popup box) or you can download the correct drivers and set the printer up to spool through your laptop.

There are several ways to add a printer under windows.

The most direct way is to use Windows Explorer and just browse to the UNC path:
\\isg-uniprint\ If you are on the Lab network, then select the printer

To Add a printer the harder way

Menu:
  1. Click on Start\Settings\Printers and a window should open
  2. Double Click on the "Add Printer" icon.
  3. Click the Next Button
  4. Make sure "Network Printer" is selected and click the Next Button
  5. Select the Middle option "Type the Printer Name" and enter "\\isg-uniprint\McCrea254" (without the "". obviously, replace McCrea254 with any other printer you're trying to add, e.g. TolanskyLab.)
  6. Click Next
  7. Select Yes for the Default Printer
  8. Click Next
  9. Click Finish

Saving Paper

Please use the "Double Sided" and "Multiple Pages per side" features of the printer whenever possible to try and save paper.

Multiple Slides per page in PowerPoint

When printing Slides from Powerpoint you can select to print "handouts" with x slides per page. 6 slides per page is perfectly readable in most cases.

If you want to print the Slides with notes included powerpoint can not select multiple slides per page. You must select the "multiple pages per side" following the instructions Below.

Multiple Pages per Side

Again, Please try to print multiple pages per side whenever possible. The exact location of the print settings is different on some applications to others. As a general Guide it will be something along the lines of

  1. Click on File/Print
  2. Select the Printer McCrea254 on isg-uniprint.
  3. either click on the tab labelled "Layout" at the top of the window OR Click on a button labled "Properties" which will open an additional window that has the layout Tab available
  4. The "Pages Per Sheet" option allows you to print multiple pages per side of A4 Paper.
Layout Dialog Box

 

Printing PDF's

There is currently an issue printing PDF Files using Adobe Acrobat from within Microsoft Windows. Follow the instructions below to print your PDF Files. This issue affects all machines currently running Adobe Acrobat 6, 7 and 8 on a Windows platform. This does not currently affect printing from Linux.

  1. Open the PDF. Go to 'File > Print'.
  2. Select the printer you wish to Print to.
  3. Click 'Properties' to modify the settings for that printer.
  4. Go to the 'Advanced' tab, and uncheck 'PS Pass-through'

PS Pass-Through