iPrint

Update: As of Fall 2009, we will no longer be able to offer iPrint to on-campus residents. We are looking into alternatives for the future, but in the meantime, you can print conveniently by saving files to a flash drive or your U: drive, then accessing them from one of the many residential or academic labs located on campus to print.

iPrint allows you to print to ResTek residential computer lab printers from your room. If you would like to setup iPrint, follow the instructions below.

The Windows Vista 64-bit client is coming soon. iPrint may give you a message saying the print job was canceled. In most cases it still printed so please go to the lab to check before telling it to print again.

Installing iPrint

  1. Download the iPrint Print Agent for Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows XP, Linux 32-bit, Linux 64-bit, or Macs .
  2. Click Run several times until the iPrint installer is started.
  3. Click Next to continue with Installation.

    4. iPrint Installer #1

  4. Click Finish to finish the installation.
  5. Restart your computer.

    6. Important: You can’t print until you return to this page to select a printer. (The address for this page is http://restek.wwu.edu/other/iprint/)

Choose a printer

After you’ve installed the iPrint Agent, you need to choose a printer.

Please select a printer:

  • Nash (Nash Computer Lab, rm 740)
  • Mathes (Mathes Computer Lab, rm 913)
  • Higginson (Higginson Computer Lab, rm 294)
  • Ridgeway (Ridgeway Computer Lab)
  • Fairhaven (Fairhaven Computer Lab)
  • Buchanan Towers (BT Main Lounge)
  • Birnam Wood (Birnam Wood Community Building) Sorry, iPrint is currently disabled for the Birnam Wood printers.

After you select and successfully install a printer, you can print to that printer from any program on your computer.

Printing from your room

  1. Once you’ve succesfully printed, head to the computer lab.
  2. If you go to the print release station (the computer nearest to the printer in most cases) you should see your universal login (the one you use for your MyWestern e-mail) on a list.
  3. Double click your login and type in your password to get to the list of jobs waiting to be printed.
  4. The document you printed from your room should be on the list. Double-click on it, and it will start printing!

Troubleshooting

Printer wouldn’t install.
Are you sure that you restarted your computer after installing the iPrint Agent? You must install iPrint and restart your computer before returning to this page and continuing with installation.

Can’t install a printer because the pop-ups are being blocked.
Web browsers which block pop-ups might interfere with installing a printer. To install the printer temporarily disable the blocking in your browser. To do this in Mozilla Firefox to go tools > options > content > uncheck “block pop-up windows.” In Internet Explorer go to tools > pop-up blocker > turn off pop-up blocker. Be sure to go back to those settings and turn it back on when finished.

iPrint installs OK, but things don’t print.
Make sure you have the lab printer selected when you print something. Many computers have fax or PDF print drivers installed. If something else is set to be the default printer, your documents won’t print.