The Department maintains several printers, available for use by undergrads, grads, faculty, and staff.

Printer Locations and Descriptions

Connection Instructions

For lab printing, there is no setup required. These printers are appropriately mapped such that the nearest printer to your computer is set as the default printer.

Please note that printer Spinks315clr1 in Spinks S315 is a colour printer and has higher printing costs than the black and white printers.

Windows 7

The new print server is a Windows 2008 R2 server with all of the department printers as well as 64/32 bit drivers installed.  Basically you should be able to point at the server and printer you want and if you do not have drivers the server will provide them.

Instructions on how to configure:

• From any account on your Windows 7 client: 
  1. Remove all existing department installed printers that point at atog.usask.ca
  2. Open Credential Manager in Windows 7 and add the following new "Windows credential":
     1. Server address: csprintspool
     2. Username: usask\[nsid abc123]  Note the "usask\" before your nsid
     3. Password: [your nsid password]

  NOTE: Credential Manager matches the server name exactly how you enter it.  So csprintspool != csprintspool.usask.ca.

  3. Add new printer pointing at csprintspool
     • From Devices and Printers
       • Add a printer
         • Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer
           • Click The printer that I want isn't listed
           • Select a shared printer by name
             • Enter: \\csprintspool\printername   (e.g. use thorv377 for 'printername')
             • A list of printers will be presented after typing \\csprintspool\ Next
             • [Printer and driver is installed]
             • Next
             • Select as default if so desired
             • Finish
  4. Repeat step 3 for any other printers.

Windows 2000 / XP (unsupported)

Users of Windows operating systems (Windows 2000 / XP), on non-lab machines, can use the following instructions to access the printers.

1. Open Printers and Faxes from the Control Panel, and select Add Printers.
2. Click Next.
3. Select A network printer..., and click Next
4. Select Connect to this printer..., and enter the following Name: \\csprintspool.usask.ca\PrinterName, where PrinterName is one of the printers listed above. Click Next. You may be prompted for your username.
5. If you want this to be the default printer, select Yes, and click Next.
6. Click Finish.

Linux

Users of Linux, on non-lab machines, can use the following instructions to access the printers. These instructions will give you access to all printers, and any changes that are made on the server side will automatically show up.

1. Log on to the machine with an administrative user, that has the ability to use sudo.
2. Open a terminal application.
3. Execute the following commands:
   1. cd /etc/cups
   2. sudo vi client.conf
4. Search for the line starting with ServerName
5. Add the following line underneath:
   • ServerName sobek.usask.ca
6. Excecute the following commands:
   1. sudo killall cupsd
   2. sudo cupsd
7. Open the Printer Setup Utility and choose the appropriate printer as your default.

OS X

Users of OS X 10.5 and 10.6, on non-lab machines, can use the following instructions to access the printers.  These instructions will give you access to a specific printer; individual printers must be added as required. 

1. Open System Preferences
2. Select Print & Fax
3. Click the '+' button to add a new printer
4. If you do not have an 'Advanced' icon on the toolbar (next to the Default/Fax/IP/Windows icons) add it as follows:
   1. Control-click on the toolbar and select 'Customize Toolbar' from the menu
   2. Drag the 'Advanced' icon onto the toolbar
   3. Click 'Done'
5. Click on the 'Advanced' icon (it will take a few moments for it to search for printers)
6. Select/configure the following:
   1. Type: Windows
   2. URL: smb://csprintspool/spinks360bw1
   3. Name: Spinks360bw1
   4. Print Using: Select Printer Software (or 'Select a driver to use...')
   5. Enter the printer type ('T652' for spinks360bw1) in the search field, and select the appropriate software driver
7. Click 'Add', then 'Continue'

1. Connect as: Registered User
2. Name: USASK\abc123 (use your NSID instead of abc123)
3. Password: (enter your NSID password)
4. Check: 'Remember this password in my keychain'
5. Click 'OK'

OS X - Lion

Users of OS X 10.7, on non-lab machines, can use the following instructions to access the printers.  These instructions will give you access to a specific printer; individual printers must be added as required.

1. Use the CUPS web interface found at http://localhost:631
2. On the CUPS web interface select Adding Printers and Classes under CUPS for Administrators heading
3. Click the 'Add Printer' button
4. Enter your OS X username and password
5. Select Windows Printer via spoolss under 'Other Network Printers' and click 'Continue'
6. In the 'Connection' field type in 'smb://csprintspool/printername' where printername is the name of the printer you wish to print to (e.g. thorv60bw1).  Then click 'Continue'.
7. In the 'Name" field type what you wish the printer to be called in OS X once the printer driver is installed (e.g. ThorvG60bw1) and then click 'Continue'.  (Spaces in this name may cause issues -- it is likely best to avoid them)
8. Select the make and model of the printer and click 'Add Printer'.
9. Set any additional settings for the printer and click 'Set Default Options'.
10. The printer should now be installed.

Purchasing Pages

Students can check the balance of their print account in the CPAS box on the PAWS portal. As well, the Student Computing Printing Page describes where you can add credits to your printing account.

Problems

If you have problems with a printer, please notify your nearest Technical Staff member via the  department TRAC server or the Spinks Operations Centre (S306).