There are two workgroup laser printers available to BIRS participants: one in the Reading Room in Corbett Hall (5310), and one on the bottom floor of TCPL in room 105.

Specific instructions for printing from personal computers follow. The easiest way to print is to use the computer beside the printer in the Reading Room, or plug your laptop into the USB cable attached to the Reading Room printer.

Printing From Your Mac Laptop

To print from your Mac while at BIRS, first make sure that you are connected to the network. A good way to test this is to visit a website that changes frequently, such as Google News. If you can browse Google News and see new content, then you know that you have network access.

To add a printer, click on the Apple logo in the top-left of your screen, then choose System Preferences. Click the Print & Fax icon. Click the "+" button, as indicated in the image below.

Click on the Default tab, as indicated in the image below.

To add the printer in Corbett Hall, choose "ReadingRoom @ yamnuska" from the list, and click the Add button. To add the printer in TCPL, choose "TCPL105 @ yamnuska", and click the add button. If that worked, you should now be ready to print, and can stop reading here.

If you do not see the list of printers in the Default tab, as per above, then the printer must be configured manually. Click the IP tab, as shown in the image below.

From the Protocol menu, choose "Line Printer Daemon - LPD", as shown in the above image.

In the Address field, type "print.birs.ca", as shown in the above image.

The Queue field will vary depending on which printer you would like to configure, as per the following paragraphs.

For the printer in Corbett Hall 5310

In the Queue field, type "ReadingRoom".

From the "Print Using" menu, choose "Select Printer Software". A list of printer software will pop-up. Type "p4010" into the search field, as shown in the image below.

Select "HP LaserJet P4010 Series", then click the OK button. Continue reading below, from '"Installable Options" window.'

For the printer in TCPL 105

In the Queue field, type "TCPL105".

From the "Print Using" menu, choose "Select Printer Software". A list of printer software will pop-up. Type "4200" into the search field, as shown in the image below.

Select "HP LaserJet 4200 Series", as shown in the image above, then click the OK button.

The "Installable Options" window will pop-up. As shown in the image below, change "Collation in Printer" to "Yes…", change Tray 3 to "500-Sheet Input Tray", and check-off the "Duplex Unit" option. Click the Continue button.

The TCPL105 printer also has a Tray 4, which is a 500-Sheet Input Tray.

You should now be ready to print from your Mac!

Printing From Your Windows Laptop

Detailed instructions coming in time…

Basically: Add a Network Printer. The Server Name is: print.birs.ca. For Corbett Hall 5310, the print queue name is "ReadingRoom", and the printer model is "HP LaserJet p4015" (or just p4010 series). For TCPL 105, the print queue name is "TCPL105" and the printer model is "HP LaserJet 4200" (or just 4000 series).

Printing From Your Linux Laptop

The print server name is print.birs.ca, and the print queue names are ReadingRoom and TCPL105. You can use the LPD protocol, IPP, or SMB.