PRINTING TO A PUBLIC PRINTER WITH A PERSONALLY OWNED WINDOWS XP PRO COMPUTER

The main printing facility in the Library and Information Technology Center is on Level B. All publicly available computers in the LITC are set to print by default to the printer on the floor they are located, which includes printers on Level 1 and Level A. Students can only print from their dorm room to the printers on Level B. Follow the instructions below to print to the black and white public printers on Level B. Additional information on printing to the color printer on Level B is included at the end of this page.

Each semester you receive $25.00 dollars of free "Printing Dollars". After the Printing Dollars are depleted, print jobs will then be taken out of your "Bantam Bucks" account. Printing costs $0.14 per sheet printed. So 2 pages printed Simplex (one-sided) would be $0.28. The same 2 page job would cost $0.14 printed Duplex (double-sided). Color printing is $1.00 a page. Bantam bucks can be added at transaction stations located around campus or via the web at http://tcommerce.trincoll.edu.

NOTE: You must be on the campus network in order to connect to the public printers and print.

Connecting to the Public Printers

1. Click on the Start menu on the bottom left.
   

2. Select Settings from the Start menu list. Select Printers and Faxes.
   

3. Select Add a Printer. Click Next.
    

4. Select A Network Printer.                                                                                                             
   
   

5. Click on Connect to this Printer.
   
   

6. Enter \\pecan.cmpcntr.tc.trincoll.edu\litcbflr within the "Name:" box. Click Next.
    

7. Select Yes on the next screen if you want to make this printer your default printer. Click Next followed by Finish on the following screens.

A printer icon will appear within the Printers window with the name you provided for the public printer.

Set your printer to the following defaults:

8. From the Start Menu, select Settings, and then select Printers and Faxes.
    
9. Right click on the printer icon and select Printing Preferences from the drop down menu. Select the Finishing tab on the top if it is not already selected. Check the box "Print on Both Sides". This will save you money on your printing charges.
   
   
    
   

10.  Select the Destination tab at the top. Select  "Left Bin (Face-Up)".

NOTE: If you do not select the Left Bin for your output, your print job will come out of the top of the printer INSIDE the Help Desk office, rather than in the hallway bins!!!

11. Click OK in the " Printing Preferences" window to save and exit.
     
12. When you print from your room, you will not be prompted to enter a name for the print job (as you are on the public computers in the lab). The print job will be sent directly to the print queue.
    

    NOTE: You have 2 hours to pick up your print job in LITC. After 2 hours your print job is deleted from the print queue.

You are now ready to print and to go to the designated print stations to pick up your printout.

Print release stations are located in the hallway on the B level of the LITC.

The following is the screen that appears on the print release station. 

Swipe Trinity ID card into the card reader located next to the print station.  The following screen should appear.

From the screen above, you are free to release print jobs.  You can organize jobs by clicking on Job Name or Owner.  Select those jobs you want to print, holding down the Ctrl key to select more than one. The bottom left side of the screen will show you the cost to print and how much money you have in your account. Click the Print button when you are finished.