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Printing Files in Windows XP

Revised: February 2009.

Introduction

Your Windows XP login account is automatically linked to your ACMS Laser Printing Account, assuming you have one. Typically any laser printing jobs you submit are charged to your own Laser Account. There is a special procedure, however, to submit jobs to another account in cases where someone else is covering the charges.To print, first physically locate the printer you wish to print to. The name of the printer (e.g. laser63, color19) is on a label posted on the printer.

Choose "Print" from the Windows XP Application (such as Microsoft Word or Internet Explorer). Below is an example from Microsoft Word. In the "Printer Name" drop down menu select the name of the printer you have located earlier then select "OK" to print. In the example below, we are selecting "ACS-DesignJet800ps@print.ucsd.edu".

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SETTING A DEFAULT PRINTER

After you have logged in, click on the "Start" button in lower left hand corner of the screen. Select "Printers and Faxes" then locate the printer you wish to set as the default. Right click on the printer and choose "Set as default printer."

CHARGE TO A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT

Normally, print jobs will be charged to the account you initially logged in with. In special cases you may wish to log in with your personal account but submit a print job using a different username.

If you wish to print to Cplot1 using a different username, refer to Cplot1 - Windows XP - Charge a Different Account instead.

Assume for example that you have logged in with your personal account "jsmith". You have a course-specific account "me156waa" on host iacs5 and the department is paying for me156waa printing. You want to print to laser24.

To submit letter sized print jobs and charge them to a different account (me156waa for example), follow this procedure:

  • Go to http://print.ucsd.edu
  • Log in to Remote Printing Authorization with your course-specific account (in our case, it is me156waa). Select which printer you would like to print to from the drop-down menu. Please note that you will need to know the password to your course-specific account. If you do not know the password, you will need to contact ACMS.xp
  • If you logged in correctly, you should see a list of printers, each with "@print.ucsd.edu" in their name:xp
  • Before you print, make sure you know which driver the printer uses. The driver for each printer can be found on a card on the front of each printer. Each driver ends in "@print.ucsd.edu"
  • When you are ready to print, select the driver used for your desired printer. The nearest printer should be at the top of the list.xp
  • If you have any further questions, please contact zebras@ucsd.edu

TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM: PDFS NOT PRINTING

Some printers have problems printing PDFs. The solution to this is to print the PDF as an image.

  • In the print dialog box click Advanced
  • Now check the box Print as Image
  • Click OK and OK again

Another solution is to use a printer that is not a Lexmark. You can find the location of other models of printers on ACMSs printer locator.