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= Printing at Imperial College =
= Printing at Imperial College =
The print system is handled by HP themselves on behalf of the college.
The print system is handled by HP themselves on behalf of the college. You should follow [https://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/self-service/computers-printing/printing-photocopying-and-scanning/install-print-drivers/ Imperial's Mobile Print instuctions].
== Printing from a Windows device ==
 
* Open Windows File Explorer and in the address bar type: <code>'''\\ictprintservice-smb.ic.ac.uk'''</code>. You will be prompted to log in if you don't have credentials from a previous connection saved.
== I don't have time for this and just want to print something! ==
* You must ensure that you log in with your Imperial College account, not your DIDE account or your laptop account.
If you're in a rush and have to print right now, then email your document to [mailto:print@imperial.ac.uk] from your Imperial email address. You may then go to any swipe printer and collect your document. Remember to delete the email from your Sent Items folder afterwards or you may be wasting mailbox space.
* To do this, log in as a user called <code>'''IC\username'''</code>, where <code>username</code> is your short username (e.g. jbloggs8, not j.bloggs8).
 
* Before you press OK to enter your Imperial credentials, tick the box you remember you for next time as shown below.
== Advice for when following the Mobile Print instrucions ==
[[File:Printer.jpg]]
Most of you are Windows users so I'll go over the key steps here.
* You will now be presented with a screen showing all of the print queues at Imperial College. We are only interested in the two called <code>MPS-Mono</code> and <code>MPS-Colour</code>. Double-click on each of these two in turn to install them.
 
[[File:Printer2.jpg]]
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=== Gotchas ===
=== Gotchas ===
If you are in the habit of using Remote Desktop and the VPN to connect to your DIDE PC, then there is a setting which you should disable in your Remote Desktop connection settings screen:
If you are in the habit of using Remote Desktop and the VPN to connect to your DIDE PC, then there is a setting which you should disable in your Remote Desktop connection settings screen:
[[File:Printer3.jpg|left]]
[[File:Printer3.jpg|left]]
Otherwise you'll end up with your office printers connected to your home computer and it has been known to mess things up.

Revision as of 10:25, 9 November 2022

Printing at Imperial College

The print system is handled by HP themselves on behalf of the college. You should follow Imperial's Mobile Print instuctions.

I don't have time for this and just want to print something!

If you're in a rush and have to print right now, then email your document to [1] from your Imperial email address. You may then go to any swipe printer and collect your document. Remember to delete the email from your Sent Items folder afterwards or you may be wasting mailbox space.

Advice for when following the Mobile Print instrucions

Most of you are Windows users so I'll go over the key steps here.

EDITING IN PROGRESS

Gotchas

If you are in the habit of using Remote Desktop and the VPN to connect to your DIDE PC, then there is a setting which you should disable in your Remote Desktop connection settings screen:

Printer3.jpg

Otherwise you'll end up with your office printers connected to your home computer and it has been known to mess things up.