Department IT Resources
computers, networks, software, technical support

Available Printers

It has been requested that people use the Kyocera KM-5050 Printer/Scanner in Room 301 as their primary printer, being that it is the most cost effective solution for the office - please click here for setup information ...

Printer NameDescriptionLocationDriversWeb based Job Control
hp200cHP Color LaserJet 3800 DTNRoom 200windows 2000/xphp200c web page
hp301HP LaserJet 2300 DTNRoom 301windows 2000/xphp301 web page
hp3hHP LaserJet P3005 DNRoom 522windows 2000/xphp3h web page

* how to use the *new* printer in 501 - please click here ...

Configuring Printers for Windows 2000 & Windows XP

Important - Our print server is not configured to provide you with the printer driver for each particular printer. Sooo, before you go any further, download the drivers in the table above for the printers you are using, and install them on your PC. Do NOT run any utilities, just install the drivers. When you configure your printer below, at some point Windows will ask you where the drivers are, at which point you use the "have disk" option.

Go into the Windows control panel, select add printers, select network printer, select the URL option, then enter the following URL into the space that let's you specify a printer URL - replace 'hp301' with the printer name you want from the table above if you want a printer other than the department one :

   http://lprint.physics.umanitoba.ca:631/printers/hp301

You will be asked for the type of printer, click on "have disk", and browse to where you installed those print drivers earlier.

Configuring Printers for Linux

Most of the linux systems are running CUPS, so no configuration is required for most situations. Just specify the name of the printer, for example 'lpr -P hp301' or 'lpq -P hp200c', and that should do it. The CUPS running on your linux box should know how to get to the printers automatically.

Important - HOW TO CANCEL print jobs

It's important to note that as soon as you print a job, you will NOT be able to cancel it from your PC, since there is an intermediate print server between your PC and the actual printers. That's why it's very important to go and visit the printer immediately upon you submitting a print job to make sure things are going well. Two of the printers have actual CANCEL JOB (orange) buttons. If you don't like what is printing, you can cancel the rest of the job using these buttons. The department printer and the color printer have these buttons. One is supposedly able to cancel via the printer web page links, but I have had problems making that work at this time.

* April 20, 2011