Mapping Printers

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Which printer am I allowed to use?

Depending on your status you will have access to a certain amount of printers, use the following table to find out which printers you are allowed to use

Printer	Allowed Users	Location
ps-lab	Undergrad & Grad Students	1103G Dragas Hall
d-1100	Faculty & Grad Students	1100 Dragas Hall
d-1115	Undergrad & Grad Students	1115 Dragas Hall
e-cubefarm	Faculty & Selected Researchers	2nd Floor ECS Building
e-3300	Faculty	3300 ECS Building

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Adding a printer

Windows

If a printer does not show automatically up, you can manually map it to a Windows Computer.

1. Open Windows Explorer (where you browse your files), and in the address bar type \\printer.cs.odu.edu like in the following picture:
   
2. Press enter. If this is your first time doing this, you will be prompted for your username and password as the next picture shows. For your username enter CS\<your_username> where <your_username> is your CS account username. For the password, enter your Windows CS account password:
   
3. Now you should see a list of available printers. To connect to a printer, simply right click it, and when the context menu shows up, click the Connect button:
   

Once you click connect, your computer will begin installing drivers in order for you to use the printer. Once everything has been installed, you will now be able to print from the printer.

MacOS

On MacOS you will have to manually map a printer

if you are not on the CS network, you have to be connected to the CS VPN

1. Go to System Preferences -> Printers and Scanners
   

2. Click "+" icon
   

3. Hold the "control" button and click the "add" text at the top, then click "Customlize Toolbar"
   

4. Drag the "Advanced" gear icon to the open space in the previous window
   

5. Click "done"
   

6. Click the "advanced" gear icon
   

7. Fill in the data fields with the following:
   Type: Windows printer via spoolss
   Device: Another Device
   URL: smb://printer.cs.odu.edu/<printer>
   Name: <printer>
   Location: None
   Use: Generic PCL Printer

   replacing <printer> with the corresponding printer name found here

   

8. Click "add", wait for the setting up and click "ok"

Linux

None

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