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Connect to a Campus Printer
Instructions for Connecting and Installing
Windows
Connect - Windows XP or Vista
- Locate the name of your printer queue. This name will be printed on a sticker on the printer you would like to use.
- Click the Windows Start button
- Choose Run (In Vista, type run in the start search box and hit enter)
- In the Run dialogue box type \\intrepid.campus.wm.edu\”printer queue name”
(e.g., \\intrepid.campus.wm.edu\jone2hp4100) - You will notice a connecting to printer dialogue box. In Vista you may be asked to allow the installation of the printer driver.
- Your printer is now installed and ready for use. To make this your default printer, choose the Windows Start button > Control Panel > Printers. Select printer, right-click and choose Set as Default Printer.
Install - Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Click on Start, Run and Type \\gutenberg.campus.wm.edu\printername as listed above into the start search box
- You will be prompted for a user name. Type campus\your WMuserid and enter your password
- Trouble? See this document for Detailed printer troubleshooting steps (pdf) or our Troubleshooting Tips.
Mac
Connect - Mac OSX 10.4 or above
- Locate the name of your printer queue. This name will be printed on a label on the printer you would like to use.
- Use Print & Fax to add a printer with the following settings. You can find Print & Fax by clicking on the Apple icon in the top-left corner and choosing System Preferences.
- Choose the IP Printer button at the top of the Printer Browser window.
- For Protocol use LPD or LPR/LPD
- For Address, use intrepid.campus.wm.edu
- For Queue, use the text at the end of intrepid.campus.wm.edu found on a label on the printer.
(e.g., jone2hp4100 for \\intrepid.campus.wm.edu\jone2hp4100) - For Name, use something meaningful to you
- For Location, use something meaningful to you
- Print Using: Choose select printer software and choose your model printer. For example, for HP LaserJet 4100 choose HP LaserJet 4100 Series v.3010.107
Install - Macintosh OS 10.3 or newer
- Use Print & Fax to add a printer with the following settings
- Choose IP Printer button at the top of the Printer Browser window.
- Protocol: LPD or LPR/LPD
- Address: gutenberg.campus.wm.edu
- Queue: The text at the end of gutenberg.campus.wm.edu in the printer list above. For example, enter barrett for the Barrett Lab or mwll for the Law School Lab.
- Name: Something meaningful to you.
- Location: Something meaningful to you.
- Print Using: Choose HP and model 4200 for labs and classrooms.
- For Mac printing to Ricoh printers in Landrum and Jamestown South residence halls, select HP Laserjet 6 Series as the driver. The HP Laserjet 6 Series drive is available on the operating system of all recently purchased Macs.
- For the business school printers see the special note above about drivers.
- Click Add, then continue (the settings will be detected automatically)
- At this point you can send a print job to the printer but it will be paused on the print server. To release the print job:
- Open a web browser to https://labprinting.wm.edu (tip: add this link to your bookmark bar for quick access)
- Logon with your WMuserid and password. (campus\userid)
- Select the print job and click the print button



