The following instructions are for adding a network printer to systems running Windows or Mac OSX. You will need to be connected to the EGR network in order to add these printers. Additionally, DECS does not support printing over a VPN connection. Non-DECS installed computers may have limited success using the below methods. If you have issues, then please contact the Support Office at your earliest convenience.
Windows
Open up a File Explorer window.
Select the Address bar of the File Explorer window and enter \\print.egr.msu.edu
If you are not logged into your EGR account or are on a non-domain machine, then you will be prompted for your credentials. Enter your EGR credentials in this window. You may need to add EGR\ before your username to connect to this.
After authenticating to this resource, you should see a list of printers. Double click the printer you are looking for to begin the process of adding the printer.
Mac OSX
- WARNING! Samba printing on Mac OSX stores your password in plain-text on your machine. This means that it is possible for someone to acquire your password if they have access to your machine. As Mac OSX lpr printing is incompatible with lpr printing on the print server, samba printing is the only way to print documents at this time. This form of printing does allow you to print to the lab printers with correct print quota handling.
- Open Apple Button > System Preferences > Print and Fax.
- Select To Add a New Printer or click on the + .
- The first time you do this, add the Advanced button to the add printer toolbar. Ctrl-click on the toolbar, select Customize Toolbar..., and then drag the Advanced button onto the toolbar.
- Select Advanced, then specify the following printer settings:
- Type: Windows
- Device: Another Device
- URL: smb://print.egr.msu.edu/printername, where printername is the name of the print queue.
- Name: the printer name
- Location (Optional): The physical location of the printer, e.g... "1325 Engineering Building"
- Print Using: Select the generic PCL 6 Driver for DECS Lab Printers. Otherwise Search for the specific device driver of your printer
- Select the Add button to save the printer.
- The first time you print to the printer it will prompt you for authentication
- Select Registered user
- In the username box enter your EGR username like this: EGR\username
- Enter your EGR password
- Click Remember in my keychain if you don't want to be prompted every time you print
