Network Printers

Students, Faculty, and Staff may print to various network printers on campus. If connected wirelessly you must be connected to the LTU Network (not LTU Guest) to access any LTU printers with the exception of Hot Spot printers. The instructions below explain how to install a printer on your laptop or desktop.

Printers are named to match their building and room locations. For example, printer S110 is located in room 110 of the Science building.

If you are attempting to access a network printer while on campus, you must be either have a wired connection or be connected to the LTU Network. The LTU Guest network is does not allow access to network drives.

Installation Instructions

Please click on your operating system to view installation instructions:

• Windows 7
• Windows XP
• Mac OSX Snow Leopard

Note: You can only install a printer if you have permission to use it.

Public Printer Access

The following printers are available to all Lawrence Tech faculty, staff, and students, and may be installed without special permissions:

Note: In order to save paper and cut costs, print jobs sent to Help Desk, Library, and North and South Housing printers will not print until they are released. If you print to the M113A, APTN1, or APTS1 printers, please ask the attendant to release your print job.

Note: To install a printer on a non-LTU laptop (a personally owned laptop) you need to authenticate using your campus\network username and password before the printer can be installed. When prompted for a username and password, enter “campus\[campus\network username]” in the User Name: box and your campus\network password in the Password: box.

Note: Access to non-public network printers can be requested for a user by the appropriate personnel in each department and granted by IT Services. 

Installing printers in Windows 7

1. Click on Start button
2. In the "Search programs and files" box, type \\vcalcium\ and press Enter
   • If you know the name of the printer you want to install, you can enter it directly into the command box: For example, to install printer C203, enter the command  \\vcalcium\c203 and click ‘OK.’
3. Icons will display for all network printers on the vcalcium server. Find the printer you want to install and double click on the printer icon. During this process, the printer driver is being installed on your system. When the printer window opens, the printer is installed and ready to use.
4. If you still cannot install a printer, you may not have administrator rights on your system. Please visit the Help Desk, C203 Taubman Student Services Center for assistance.

Installing printers in Windows XP

To install a printer:

1. Click on Start.
2. Click on Run...
3. In the ‘Run…’ command box, type \\vcalcium and click “OK.”
   • If you know the name of the printer you want to install, you can enter it directly into the command box: For example, to install printer C203, enter the command  \\vcalcium\c203 and click ‘OK.’
4. Icons will display for all network printers on the vcalcium server. Find the printer you want to install and double click on the printer icon. During this process, the printer driver is being installed on your system. When the printer window opens, the printer is installed and ready to use.
5. If you still cannot install a printer, you may not have administrator rights on your system. Please visit the Help Desk, C203 Taubman Student Services Center for assistance.

Accessing printers in Windows

To view all of the installed printers:

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Click on Devices and Printers (Windows 7) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP) and all installed printers and corresponding status messages will display.

To set a default printer:

1. From the Devices and Printers (Windows 7) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP), right click on the printer you want as your default printer. A shortcut menu will appear.
2. From that menu, select “Set as default printer.”
3. A green checkmark (Windows 7) or a checkmark in a black circle (Windows XP) will appear indicating the printer is the default printer.

Installing printers in Mac OSX Snow Leopard

To install a printer:

1. Click on the System Preferences. 2. Click on Print & Fax 3. Click on the Plus Sign “+”
4. Right Click (Control + Shift + Mouse Click) on the menu bar and choose Customize Toolbar…
5. Drag the Advanced icon onto the toolbar then select the Advanced icon from the toolbar.
6. From the Type: dropdown, select Windows. 7. In the URL box, type: smb://vcalcium.campus.ltu.edu/[printer name]  8. In the Name box, type [printer name]. 9. From the Print Using dropdown, click Select Printer Software. If you are adding one of the public printers, you will need to manually download and install the proper driver for Ricoh Aficio 8200 DN from the Ricoh website and continue with the instructions below. Note: If you installing a different printer model you will need to locate and install the correct driver for that printer. Contact the Help Desk for assistance if neccessary. 10. In the window that pops up, type the model of the printer you are trying to add (i.e. Ricoh Aficio SP 8200DN) and click OK. 11. Click Add
12. Click Continue. 13.You have successfully added a printer! Please read the steps below to complete the print job.
14. Once you send a document to the printer, you will see the following On Hold (Authentication required) status. To release the print, click on the print job, and select Resume.
15.In the name box, type: campus\[campus username] 16. In the password box, type your campus\network password

If you still cannot install a printer, you may not have administrator rights on your system. Please visit the Help Desk, C203 Taubman Student Services Center for assistance.