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Printing & Copying

Student Printing Policy
About Your Default Printer
Change Your Default Printer
Connect to a Printer
Turn Off Print Notifications
Turn Off Duplex Printing for a Single Print Job
Turn Off Duplex Printing for All Print Jobs
Turn Off Grayscale Printing (HP Color Printers)
Kyocera Copiers

About Your Default Printer

When you log on to a lab computer, your default printer automatically changes to that lab's printer. (For example, if you log on to a computer in Trotter lab, then your default printer will change to the Trotter lab printer.)

IMPORTANT! Faculty and staff members will need to remember to change their default printer back to their office printer when they return to their office.

Change Your Default Printer

1. Click the Start button and select All programs - Computer Assistant.
2. On the Printing tab, under Installed Network Printers, click the printer that you want to use for your default printer.
   
   Note: If the printer that you want to use is not listed under Installed Network Printers, then double-click it in the Available Network Printers list on the right side of the window.
3. Click the Make Default button.

Connect to a Printer

Faculty and staff may print to any of the networked printers on campus. Students may print to lab printers.

To connect to a printer:

1. Click the Start button and select All programs - Computer Assistant.
2. On the Printing tab, under Available Network Printers, double-click the printer to which you want to connect. The computer appears in the Installed Network Printers list.

Turn Off Print Notifications

1. Click the Start button and select Settings - Devices and Printers.
   
   
2. Click the printer.
3. Click Print server properties.
   
   
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. Uncheck the Show informational notifications for network printers checkbox.
6. Click the OK button.

Turn Off Duplex Printing for a Single Print Job

1. In a MS Office program (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, etc.), on the File tab, click Print.
2. Under Pages, click the Print on Both Sides down arrow and select Print One Sided.
   
   
3. Print the document.

Turn Off Duplex Printing for All Print Jobs

1. Click the Start button and select Devices and Printers.
   
   
2. Right-click the printer or copier for which you want to turn off duplex printing and select Printing Preferences.
3. Click the Finishing tab (for HP printers) or the Basic tab (for Kyocera copiers).
4. Uncheck the Print on both sides checkbox.
5. Click the OK button.

Turn Off Grayscale Printing (HP Color Printers)

Printing from Microsoft Office 2010 Programs

1. Click the File tab and select Print.
2.  Click the Color down arrow and select Grayscale.
   
   

Printing from Other Programs

1. On the Print window, click the Properties button.
   
   
2. Click the Color tab.
3. Uncheck the Print in Grayscale checkbox.
4. Click the OK button.