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Printing

Printing at DTU Compute is provided by:

  • CUPS servers for the Linux/Mac environment
  • Microsoft Windows Print server for the Windows environment.

Tip

The naming of the printers follows a naming scheme:

prefix-functionality+location+#

  • prefix: When accessing the printers from the Windows domain via “comp-winprint” the prefix is comp- (when accessed from CUPS there is no prefix)
  • functionality: cm = Colour Multifunction machine
  • location: Building+Room
  • #: Sequential letter (a,b,c,…)

Note

Paper sizes are A4 and A3
All printers have scanner functionality as well, and can send to email

Lists of printers at DTU Compute

Building 303B
Printer nameModelLocation
(comp-)cm303013aXerox Altalink C7120303B/013
(comp-)cm303049aXerox Altalink C7120303B/049
(comp-)cm303112aXerox Altalink C7120303B/112
(comp-)cm303151aXerox Altalink C7120303B/151
Building 305
Printer nameModelLocation
(comp-)cm305026aXerox VersaLink C7120305/026
Building 307
Printer nameModelLocation
(comp-)cm307073aXerox VersaLink C7120307/073
Building 321
Printer nameModelLocation
(comp-)cm321111aXerox Altalink C7120321/111
(comp-)cm321211bXerox Altalink C7120321/211
Building 322
Printer nameModelLocation
(comp-)cm322028aXerox Altalink C7120322/028
(comp-)cm322122aXerox Altalink C7120322/122
(comp-)cm322222aXerox Altalink C7120322/222
Building 324
Printer nameModelLocation
(comp-)cm324111aXerox Altalink C7120324/111
(comp-)cm324183aXerox Altalink C7120324/183
(comp-)cm324211aXerox Altalink C7120324/211
(comp-)cm324283aXerox Altalink C7120324/283

There are more printer destinations defined on the server, but those are not generally available, i.e. they are typically available for dedicated use and/or specific users only.

Configuration

Below are guides for setting up printers on specific operating systems. If you are still in doubt or need further assistance, please contact IT Support.

There is a minor difference in installing printers whether your PC has joined DTU's Windows domain (win.dtu.dk, in short "WIN") or not. Pressing Windows key + Pause/Break key will open System Information. If "win.dtu.dk" is set under Domain, your PC has joined the domain.

How to add a network printer from a Windows computer joined to DTU Windows domain

  1. Go to Start → Run or press Windows Key + R

  2. Type \\comp-winprint.win.dtu.dk and press Enter

  3. Find the printer you want to use in the list shown (Printer names explained above).

  4. Right-click it and choose “Connect”. The printer driver will now be installed - it could take a couple of minutes.

Add a network printer on non-domain computers

This setup will print from an alternative print server (CUPS) and will require that a universal or specific printer driver has already been downloaded and unpacked or already installed on your PC.

  1. Find the name of the printer you want to add. CUPS printer names do NOT start with comp- (Printer list can be found above).
  2. Open the Windows guide for adding a printer manually:
    Settings → Devices → Printers & Scanner
    and click: “Add a printer or scanner”
  3. Click “The printer that I want isn’t listed” (scroll to the bottom)
  4. Choose “Select a shared printer by name”
  5. Type in the Printer URL in this format and use the name of the printer found in step 1:
    (remember to remove comp- from the name)

http://cups.compute.dtu.dk:631/printers/printername

  1. After clicking Next, you will be prompted for the printer driver files on your PC.
  2. Click on Have Disk… then click Browse and go to the location of the extracted driver folder
  3. Select the universal/global PCL6 driver (i.e. Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6) and click OK.
  4. Set as “Default Printer” if needed and click Finish

The drivers available for download on this page support Windows 10/11 only.

When choosing the right driver file in step 9: if several ".inf" files are found in the folder, choosing any of them should present the universal/global driver in the drivers available (next window).

Download Xerox (64-bit)

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