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Heights Library Wireless Printing

WIRELESS PRINTING is a new service offered by your Heights libraries.  It will allow you to print from your own laptop computer to our printers.  This is a pilot project, and at this time wireless printing is free of charge.  However, we ask that you please stick to our limit of 10 free pages a day.  Eventually, wireless printing will become integrated with our regular printing system, at which point free pages will be subject to our normal limits.

Disclaimer:  The Heights Library staff will be happy to assist you in understanding these instructions or in clarifying where the wireless printer is located, however we instruct our staff not to handle private computers.  The Heights Library system accepts no responsibility for any possible damage that occurs resulting from your use of our service.

Wireless Printing Setup:

 For Microsoft Windows (designed for XP or Vista):  

  • Please download the following batch script file (a file that can be run like an application, and containing a series of automated commands) and save it to your desktop: 

    If at Lee Road:  Lee Road Install Script  
    This printer is available on the second floor of our Lee Road location, and is printer number 1 there.
    If at Coventry Village:  Coventry Install Script  
    This printer is available on the main floor of our Coventry location, and is printer COV_ASD there.
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  Noble Road Install Script  
    This printer is available at the adult reference desk of our Noble location.
    If at University Heights:  UH Road Install Script  
    This printer is available at the reference desk of our UH location.

  • When done downloading, run the file by locating it on your desktop and double-clicking on the script.  It will automatically install the Lee Road printer onto your computer. 

  • When done, you will have a printer on your computer labeled:

    If at Lee Road:  Lee_Road_Pub_01 on http://www.heightslibrary.org
    If at Coventry Village:  Coventry_Pub_01 on http://www.heightslibrary.org
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  Noble_Pub_01 on http://www.heightslibrary.org
    If at University Heights:  UH_Pub_01 on http://www.heightslibrary.org


  • You may delete the script file if you like.  The printer is now ready for use.  

 

 

For Apple Macintosh:  

  • The configuration of wireless printing on a Mac is complex, so please follow along closely and perform each of these steps.

  • Open System Preferences and select Print & Fax on your Mac

  • When the Print & Fax window opens, click on the lock icon at the bottom left and type in your user name and password (whichever user is the administrator of the computer) to unlock the ability to modify your printer settings.

  • Look at the left-hand panel where the printers are listed and click on the small plus icon. 

  • The Add Printer window will open.  You need to add the Advanced button to the tool bar in order to use our wireless printing.  So, to do so, hold down the control key on your keyboard and click your mouse in the open space to the left of the search box.  You will see a menu pop up, and one of the options will be Customize Toolbar.  Click Customize Toolbar, then click and drag the Advanced icon on to the toolbar.  Click the Done button.

  • Back at the Add Printer window, click on the Advanced button.  Where you see Type, selectInternet Printing Protocol (http).  You may leave Device at its default setting.  Where you see URL, type in the following: 

    If at Lee Road:  "http://www.heightslibrary.org/printers/LeeRoadPrinter/.printer"
    If at Coventry Village:  "http://heightslibrary.org/printers/CoventryPrinter/.printer"
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  "http://heightslibrary.org/printers/NoblePrinter/.printer"
    If at University Heights:      "http://heightslibrary.org/printers/UHPrinter/.printer"

    Give this printer a name you will recognize, like "Lee Road Printer, Coventry Printer, Noble Printer, or UH Printer."  The Location field is optional.  Lastly, where you see Print Using, select Select Printer Software.  In the pop-up window you will see a list of manufacturers and models.  Select the option listed as:

    If at Lee Road:  HP LaserJet P4010 Series, choose model HP LaserJet P4014
    If at Coventry Village:  HP LaserJet 4100 Series
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  HP LaserJet 4200 Series
    If at University Heights:      HP LaserJet 4200 Series

    Click the Continue button and your printer will be installed!  

  • There appear to be some issues between Mac OS X and our service, so you will need to manually delete print jobs once they have printed.

 

 

For Other Operating Systems:   

  • These instructions are necessarily general since other operating systems will have their own method for adding such printers.  You will want to add a new printer and select the options that will allow you to add an Internet Printer (using Internet Printing Protocol or otherwise known as IPP).

  • Generally the following URL should work for the location of the printer:

    If at Lee Road:  "http://www.heightslibrary.org/printers/LeeRoadPrinter/.printer"
    If at Coventry Village:  "http://heightslibrary.org/printers/CoventryPrinter/.printer"
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  "http://heightslibrary.org/printers/NoblePrinter/.printer"
    If at University Heights:      "http://heightslibrary.org/printers/UHPrinter/.printer"

    However, depending on your operating system, you may need to specify the host and printer queue seperately.  If so, http://www.heightslibrary.org is the host, and

    If at Lee Road:  "/printers/LeeRoadPrinter/.printer"
    If at Coventry Village:  "/printers/CoventryPrinter/.printer"
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  "/printers/NoblePrinter/.printer"
    If at University Heights:      "/printers/UHPrinter/.printer"

    should work for the queue.

  • You will want to select a device driver for the printer (a driver is software designed to allow a device to interract with an operating system).  Here are the ones you will need for these printers:

    If at Lee Road:  HP LaserJet P4010 Series, choose model HP LaserJet P4014
    If at Coventry Village:  HP LaserJet 4100 Series
    If at Noble Neighborhood:  HP LaserJet 4200 Series
    If at University Heights:      HP LaserJet 4200 Series

    In case you do not have access to these drivers, an HP LaserJet 4 driver will suffice.

  • You will also likely need to provide a name for the printer, in which case we suggest "Lee_Road_Pub_01 on http://www.heightslibrary.org."

 


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