Via VLAN8 - Fellows and Staff clients can print to the printer server (which has a leg in this network). Note that direct printing is not permitted and restricted by Access Control Lists.

You will need a Queen's College username and password to complete this guide, this is different from your Single Sign On (Nexus) or Remote Access (eduroam/VPN) accounts, if you do not have a Queen's College account please get in touch with the IT Office via email it-support@queens.ox.ac.uk or phone 79205.

Step-by-step guide

From the search box enter print and launch the Printers application.

From the window that appears click Add.

From the window that appears select 'Windows Printer via SAMBA', on the right pane enter one of the options below in the smb:// box depending on which printer you want to connect to.

Printer	URL	Driver	Additional Settings
IT Office A3 Colour	qc-vprint01.queens.ox.ac.uk/IT_Office-A3-Colour	HP > Color LaserJet 5550dtn	Duplex Unit = ticked, Tray 3, 256MB RAM
IT Office A4 Colour	qc-vprint01.queens.ox.ac.uk/IT_Office-A4-Colour	HP > Color LaserJet CP3505dn	Duplex Unit = ticked, Tray 3, 384MB RAM, Nearest Size & Scale
College Office Photocopier	smb://qc-vprint01.queens.ox.ac.uk/College_Office-MFD	Canon iR-ADV C5250/5255

Set the Authentication radio option to 'Set authentication details now', enter your username (prefixed by queens\) and password.

Click forward.

If prompted to click Install/Continue on installing additional required software packages.

When prompted select the appropriate driver as shown in the table above.

Configure any additional settings as required from the table above.

Finally give the printer a descriptive name and click Apply

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