Network Printer Installation for Windows

• Installing the Printer
• Installing the PaperCut Client
• Using the PaperCut Client

Printing from your own personal computer can be done in one of two ways:

1. “Lite” printing via the Web at webprint.hamilton.edu. Use this to print Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF documents.  See Web Print Using PaperCut - https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/lits/rc/web-print-using-papercut-1-1 for details.
2. Install a printer and the PaperCut client on your computer to print from any application on your computer, using instructions listed below.

Installing the Printer

1. Press the Windows + the letter R keys to open the Run command window.
   
   
   
   
   
    
2. Next to Open, enter \\printx. Click OK.

3. Enter your Hamilton username and password. Click OK.
   • Employees: If this is your personal computer, enter your username in the following format: hamilton-d\username.
   • Students: If this is your personal computer, enter your username in the following format: hamilton-s\username.   
4. In the window that opens, double-click on the desired printer to add it to the list of available printers on your computer.
5. The Windows Printer Installation window will appear indicating progress.

Students are currently restricted to the list of public printers below:

Installing the PaperCut Client

1. The installer is located on the PrintX server.  Press the Windows key
   + R key to invoke the Run command window.
2. In the Run Window, enter:  \\printx\PCClient\win. Click OK.

3. In the window that appears, enter your network username (hamilton-s\username) and password.

NOTE : Faculty/Employees: If this is your personal computer, enter your username in the following format: hamilton-d\username followed by the password in the password field.

                 Students: If this is your personal computer, enter your username in the following format: hamilton-s\username followed by the password in the password field. 

4. Double-click on the file named client-local-install.exe.

5. If a User Account Control Window appears asking, Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?, click Yes.
6. Enter your username and password if prompted again.
7. In the Setup – PaperCut NG Client Window that appears, click Next.

9. Click on I accept the agreement and then click Next.

10. In the Select Destination Location Window, click Next.
11. In the Select Components Window, click Next.
12. In the Ready to Install window, click Install.
13. Click Finish.
14. Enter your username and password in the same format as in step 3.

Using the PaperCut Client

1. Open the application from which you need to print.
2. Select Print from the appropriate menu.
3. Choose the printer.
4. You’ll see the “cost” of your print job. Click Print.

5. At any time, you can see how much you’ve printed by clicking on the PaperCut icon in the system tray.

6. If you want to see more details, click on Details…

7. Enter your username and password. Click on Login.

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