09.20.06

Getting your personal laptop to play nice with Swem’s printers

Posted in Computers at 3:56 pm by paulshowalter

Here’s another thing we get asked about fairly often (and I’ve heard that the Circ desk gets this question, too.): Can I print to the the printers in the Information Commons from my laptop?

The answer: Yes, you can most definitely print to the IC printers from your laptop. Good news, huh?!

Follow the steps below to set it up:

Type campus\ and then your W&M userID (the same one you use to log on to Information Commons computers). Then drop down to the box below and enter your W&M password.

From the printer list select (by double-clicking) SwemICE or SwemICW for the printers in the first floor Information Commons. You could also select Swem2nd or Swem3rd, if you were working on those floors and wanted to use the Information Commons printers there.

The last step may be to click “Yes” when asked whether you want to have the necessary printer driver installed on your laptop. After that, you’ll be able to print with no problems.

4 Comments »

  1. Emily Wheat said,

    April 30, 2007 at 10:45 am

    This was so easy and helpful – thanks so much!

  2. Alex Douglas said,

    April 29, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    This is great! You guys should advertise this better! Why not put up signs next to the printers?

  3. Amanda Dudley said,

    June 8, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    What if you’re using a Mac?

  4. Brittany Fallon said,

    September 27, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    AMAZING!!

    Please advertise this more, it’s so helpful!


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