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Computing  Network Printers

Departmental Networked Printers

These printers can be printed to over the network.

The HP-Laserjet 2100TN in the Graduate Students' room.
The Epson Photo 895 in Photography

Other Printers

Other shared networked printers may be available in individual research groups, for group use only.

The Parker group has their own large-format A0 Colour Printer and you should refer to the instructions for submitting jobs to the colour printer if you need to use it.

It should also be noted that OUCS provide their own printing services including large format printers from A4 to A0.

What to do if your page doesn't print

There may be several causes of print failure from anywhere in the path from your desktop software via your computer hardware, the network, and the printer itself.

• Check that the printer is on-line, normally indicated by an indicator lamp on the printer itself.
• Check that the printer still has paper. This may be shown on an indicator on the printer.
• Check that there are no error messages shown on the printer. A common error is "Load Letter" or similar, meaning that your document is set to require Letter Size paper. Normally, pressing Shift-Continue will allow the printer to carry on and print on the standard A4 paper.
• There may be another document from a previous user waiting to be printed, or this or a previous print job is very large (e.g. a page of complex graphics) and the printer needs time to process the job.
• The print queue is stuck. Print jobs get queued up on a file server before getting sent to the printer in an orderly manner. Each user who sends print jobs over the network can manage their own print queues.
  Information on how to do this is in the section Administering Your Account.
• You may have got an error message on your screen which could indicate a problem with the configuration of your computer. If using Windows, have a look in Control Panel, Printers. The current status of the printer is shown by double clicking the relevant printer; sometimes "Pause Printing" is ticked when it shouldn't be.