Rensselaer Libraries

To use a campus network printer, you need to install the driver intended for that printer on your computer. Windows Vista can take advantage of Rensselaer's pmanager servers, which makes installing a printer very easy.

You will find it helpful to first configure your Windows account for pmanager. Doing this avoids having to supply your User ID and password when you print.

Configuring your Windows account

Note: When you configured a Rensselaer laptop, you probably did the steps below. If so, you can skip to the next section on installing a printer driver.

• Start (windows icon) -> Control Panel, click on User Accounts and Family Safety, then click User Accounts
• On the left of the screen under Tasks, left click on Manage your network passwords.
• When "Stored User Names and Passwords" window appears, click on Add.
  In "Log in to" field, enter      pmanager.win.rpi.edu.
  In the "User" name field, enter: win\youruserid (for example, win\smithq3)
  In the "Password" field, enter: your 8-character RCS user ID password.
  Click OK.
  

Installing a Printer Driver using Windows Vista

Regular method

From the Start menu, select Printers.

1. When the Printers window appears, select Add a printer; located at the top of the window.

 
2.     When the Add Printer window opens, click Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. Click Next.

The most commonly used printers in the library are:

LI1F1LW

Lexmark T 522 on First Floor

LI2F1LW

Lexmark T 620 on Second Floor

LI2F2P3

Tektronix Phaser 8560N [color]

LI3F1LW

Lexmark T 620 on Third Floor

Note: If no printers were found appears, click The printer that I want isn't listed.

3.      In the find a printer by name or TCP/IP address window, enter the network address of the printer in the “Select a shared printer by name” field. This  requires the network address of the printer, which is defined by the server name followed by the RCS printer name.

The server name is \\pmanager.win.rpi.edu\.

So to add the color printer on the 2nd floor you would enter \\pmanager.win.rpi.edu\LI2F2P3

If you do not know the printer name, after either selecting or typing the server name, simply type the ending backslash ( \ ). After you do this, a drop-down list of printer names will appear, allowing you to select one.

5.    Next, a window will open asking if this should be your default printer. Unless this is the printer you use most often, remove the check . Click Next.

6.    On the final screen, click Finished to complete the installation. The printer is now installed and can be selected from within application programs in Windows.

• Public Printers
• Printing Charges