Departmental Printer-Copier-Scanners

The department maintains 3 Ricoh printer/copiers that are capable of network printing,Ìýcopying,Ìýscanning documents to emailÌýand printing from USB storage. The department also provides a printer/copier forÌý graduate student and visitor use that is maintained by the campus service. Wprint does not support printing from USB storage.

For further information contact R Singh r5singh@uwaterloo.ca

Departmental Printer/Copiers

The current list of available departmental Printer/Copiers is:

Printer NameÌý

Printer Path

Description

ColorÌý

Location

HowTo Links

ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6Ìý

chemengprintermainofficeE6


For faculty and staff only

Yes

E6 3024

PrintÌýCopyÌýScan
chegradxerox

\\mediaprint2\chegradxerox

Ricoh IM C4510
For grads and visitors only
Yes E6 5028 PrintÌýCopyÌýScan
ChemEngPrinterDWE hemengprinterDWE
For faculty and staff Ìýin DWE
Yes DWE 2530 PrintÌýCopyÌýScan
ChemEngPrinterQNC \\cheprint\chemengprinterQNC faculty and staff in QNC Yes QNC 2601 PrintÌýCopyÌýScan

Access Codes

ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6, ChemEngPrinterDWE and ChemEngPrinterQNC require an access code available from Erene Georgiou x42404.ÌýÌýThis access code is used to account for and charge the cost of consumables for printing and copying. Scanning to email incurs no charges. All of these printers also have access restrictions based on your Nexus account as noted above in the description column.

Chegradxerox requires a with sufficient funds orÌý a prepaid Wprint guest card available from the LibraryÌý and then Ìý for those visitors who are not eligible for a Watcard. The current pricing for Wprint Black,Color printing and Scan to email is $0.10, $0.45 and $0.02 per page respectively.

ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6, ChemEngPrinterDWE,Ìý ChemEngPrinterQNC

How to Print - Windows, OSX, Linux PC

Your computer must be connected to one of the .ÌýTo print to any of these printers you must first connect to the printer, install the printer driver to your computer and creates an instance of this printer. Then you must enter your access code in the printer preferences for that new printer instance.Ìý

Windows PC

  1. Install the printer instance and driver
    • type \\cheprint in the Windows "Type here to search"box and then double click one of ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6, ChemEngPrinterDWE, ChemEngPrinterQNC to begin the driver installation.Ìý
      • If prompted for your credentials enter them as nexus\WatiamID
  2. Wait for the printer instance creation to complete.Ìý
  3. Set your Access codeÌý
    • Click Start/Settings/Devices/Printers then click the newly installed printer.
    • Then click the Manage button then Printing Preferences
    • In Printing Preferences click the Basic Tab then the User Code button and enter your 5 digit access code. Then click OK.Ìý
  4. Set Black and White printing as Default
    • In Printing Preferences Basic Tab Select Black and White in the Color Mode: box.Ìý
    • Click OK
  5. Print as usual selecting this printerÌý

Mac OSX Users

  1. Install the printer driver
    • From theÌýwebsite Ìýdownload and install the RicohÌýMac OSX printer driver for your version of OSXÌýfound in the MAC OSX section at the bottom of the pageÌý
  2. Create a printer instance
    • Click the Apple icon in the top left and select System Settings/Printers & Scanners then click the Add printer button
    • Select IP and fill in the fields as follows (example below ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6) :Ìý
      • Address : ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6.prt.uwaterloo.ca
      • Protocol : Line Printer Daemon - LPD
      • QueueÌý Ìý : lp_1
      • NameÌý Ìý Ìý : ChemEngPrinterMainOfficeE6
      • LocationÌý : E6 3029
      • Use:
        • Click "Select Software ..."Ìý
        • pick Ricoh IM 3010 PS selectÌý
    • Click the Add button
  3. Add your User Code and set default to Black and WhiteÌýÌý
    • Print a document and select this printer
    • In the print dialog expand Print Options then select Job Log
    • In the Job Log dialog set the following optinos
      • ÌýJob Type: Normal print
      • Enable User Code : check this option
      • User Code: enter your 5 digitÌý Ìýcode
    • In the print dialog expand Print Options then select Printer Features
      • Set Color mode to Black and White
    • Click OK
    • Scroll up to the Presets and select Last Used Settings

Linux Users

  1. Install the Linux Printer driver ( example here is for chemengprintermainofficeE6)ÌýÌý
    • VisitÌýÌýand scroll down to the section Select OS and expand the Firmware/Other OS linkÌý and then expand UNIX and click the Download button. Scroll to the bottom and click the Accept button.Ìý
    • Right click the downloaded .tar file and select Extract Here
    • Browse the expanded folder then browse the Generic folder and then the Usermanual folder and then open the Usermanual file and search for C3010 which in the current case shows label DC060.Ìý
    • Browse the Usermanual folder again an open the file DC060 and follow the instructions to install the Linux DriverÌý
      • From a Terminal window browse to the location of the expanded .tar file then cd Generic Ìýand then run sudo ./unix_installer and follow the instructions. When prompted for the hostname or IP address enter ChemengprinterMainOfficeE6.prt.uwaterloo.ca
      • This will install CUPS and connect to the printer. At the end of installation you are instructed to visit http://www.linuxprinting.org to get the appropriate PPD file. Visit this site and click the Downloads menu link then PPD and download the PPD file Ricoh-IM_C3010_PS.ppd for the RIcoh IM C3010Ìý from the PS folder there.Ìý
      • Copy the PPDÌýfile to the /usr/share/cups/model and then in the Terminal window issue the command sudoÌý/etc/init.d/cups restart

  2. Create a printer instance

    • Open the Printers application and click the Add Printer button.Ìý

      • In the Enter a Network address type ChemEngPrinterMainofficeE6.prt.uwaterloo.ca and click the LPD-Printer that is found there and then click Add.Ìý

      • In the Select Printer Driver button browse to the Ricoh section and select Ricoh IM C3010 PS

  3. Add User Code and set default Black and White printsÌý

    • from a terminal issue the following belowÌýwhere xxxxx is your user code

      cd /etc/cups/ppd
      sudo cat Ricoh-IM-C3010-PS.ppdÌý| sed "/1001/xxxxx/g" ~Downloads/new.ppdÌý
      sudo mv Ricoh-IM-C3010-PS.ppd Ricoh-IM-C3010-PS-Old.ppd
      sudo mv ~/Downloads/new.ppd Ricoh-IM-C3010-PS.ppd

    • Open the Printers application and click Additional Print Settings

    • Double click the printer and click Print Options

      • Scroll to Basic and change Color mode to Black and white

      • Scroll to Job Log

        • Select the User Code pull down and select your User code
        • Click Apply then OK
    • Click Settings then Print Test Page to print a test page.Ìý

How to Copy

To use the copying functionÌý do the following:

  1. On the Ricoh touch panel if the screen is blank Ìýtap the power icon ( lightning bolt image) in the top right corner to display the Copy/Scanner screen
  2. Tap the Copy button
  3. Enter your 5 digit User code then click OK
  4. After you have completed your copying work click the quarter moon icon in the top right corner to sign out of your account and blank the screen. Ìý

How to Scan to Email

To scan a document to a pdf image and have that pdf file sent to your email address as an attachment do the following:

  1. On the Ricoh touch panel if the screen is blank Ìýtap the power icon ( lightning bolt image) in the top right corner to display the Copy/Scanner screen
  2. Tap the Scan button
  3. Select Scan to Email
  4. Select your name in the Address book below the To field to add your email address Ìýor tap the To field and select ÌýEnter Using Keyboard to manually enter an email address
  5. Insert your documents and click the Start button to perform the scan to email.

You should then receive an email to the address entered in the To field containing a pdf attachment of the image that you scanned.

ChEGradXerox

How To Print

You can print to this printer using the Wprint Self Serve Web service or directly from your local PC.Ìý

Print Using Wprint Web Service

  1. VisitÌýÌýthe Ìýand click the Self Serve button and sign in with your userid@uwaterloo.ca credentials.Ìý

  2. Select the Web Print menu option on the left then click the Submit a Job button

  3. Search for and select Chegradxerox printer then click the Print Options button

  4. Click the Upload Documents button then click the Upload from Computer button and select the files you want to print

  5. Click the Upload and Complete buttonÌý

  6. In the Web PrintÌýÌýpage click the held in a queue linkÌý

  7. In the Jobs Pending Release page click the print or cancel links OR

  8. Physically visit the printer location sign in and release the print job.

    1. Tap your Watcard on the Xerox console or tap the keyboard icon and type in your userid@uwaterloo.ca and sign in .

    2. Tap the Print Release buttonÌý

    3. Select the print job and tap the Print button

Print Directly from Local PC

Windows Users
  1. Ensure your computing device is connected to the campus network via a Ìý
  2. Type \\mediaprint2Ìýin the Windows "Type here to search" box and then double click chegradxerox to begin the driver installation.Ìý
    • If prompted for your credentials enter them as nexus\WatiamID
  3. Wait for the printer instance creation to complete.Ìý
  4. Print as usual selecting this printerÌý
MAC OSX users
  1. From theÌýwebsite Ìýinstall the Xerox Mac OSX printer driver for the appropriate model of Workcentre ie Workcentre C8045/55 or C7030 found in the description column of the table above.
  2. Then follow to connect to the printer, create a printer instance and associateÌýthe above installed printer driver with this printer instance.
    • Use the URL smb://mediaprint2.private.uwaterloo.ca/chegradxeroxÌýwhen filling the URL: field of the Add Printer dialog.
    • Enter your Nexus userid followed by your Nexus password when prompted for credentials.

How to Copy

  1. Load your pages into the document feeder.
  2. Tap your Watcard on the Xerox console or tap the keyboard icon and type in your userid@uwaterloo.ca and sign in .
  3. Tap the Access Device button then Access Device
  4. Tap Copy and select your copy options then tap the Start button

How to Scan

To scan a document to a pdf image and have that pdf file sent to your email address as an attachment do the following:

  1. Load your pages into the document feeder.
  2. Tap your Watcard on the Xerox console or tap the keyboard icon and type in your userid@uwaterloo.ca and sign in .
  3. Tap the Scan button.
  4. Tap ScanÌýand select your scanÌýoptions then tap the Start button