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Printing from Windows 11 ( unter Contractions )

Printing from the DESY guest network and Eduroam

 
Several of DESY's network printers are accessible from the DESY - Guest Network (Science Hotspot):  Desy Guest Network Printers. Print jobs from the guest network are identified on the green/blue cover sheet with the user name 'GUEST' or 'NOBODY' and your used 'computer name'.

General:

Printing from the guest network is done using the LPR protocol and a driver that must be installed and configured locally (according to the printer's equipment options).

Quick guide:

  • Creating a printer as a TCP/IP device
  • Host and port name for guest network/Eduroam: guestprint10.desy.de
    For a PC in the DESY network that is not part of the DESY domain, instead: spool-lpr.desy.de
  • User defined settings for device type
  • Leave port name and printer name unchanged
  • Queue name: enter name of DESY print queue (see list of guest printers)
  • Protocol: LPR, enable LPR byte counting, leave SNMP status disabled
  • Specific model driver for Adobe Postscript: Download from manufacturer (see list of guest printers) 
  • Select driver file (.inf) via disk button
  • Select correct model from correct manufacturer
  • Configure options of the device and Adobe Postscript as ducker language

Instructions with screenshots and hints:

First of all, search for the appropriate driver of the manufacturer via the link in the printer list and unpack it on your Windows PC into the suggested directory (usually c:_tmp\<something>). Please remember or write down the selected directory.

All DESY printers support original Adobe Postscript. If there are drivers for different printer languages, the Postscript (PS) drivers are preferable. Postscript emulation and PCL should be avoided.
Please open the Windows system settings, then select "Devices" and then "Printers and scanners". If the option "Windows manages your default printer" is activated, please deactivate it.
 
Please click on "Add printer or scanner" and then on "the desired printer is not listed".
Select the "Add a printer using an IP address or hostname" option and click Next.

 

  • Device type: TCP/IP device
  • Host name or IP address: guestprint10.desy.de
  • Port name: guestprint10.desy.de

In case the PC is in the DESY network but is not part of the DESY domain, please replace the hostname and port name by: spool-lpr.desy.de

Remove the checkmark from "Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use".

Please select the option "Custom" and click on "Settings ..."

"Port name" and "Printer name or IP address" are already pre-filled. Please select the option "LPR". 
Under "Queue name" enter the name of the print queue to which the print jobs should be sent. 
"LPR byte count enabled" must be activated. Do not insert a checkmark in the "SNMP status enabled" box.
In the printer driver dialog, select the option "Disk ..." and then use the "Browse" button to navigate to the directory with the unpacked driver and then to the driver file with the ".inf" extension file ( this is usually located in the "disk1" folder) .
 
In the opened window, select the printer manufacturer (e.g. Ricoh) and then the right printer model.

Enter the desired name of the printer in your Windows. We recommend that you use the DESY printer name to avoid confusion.

Please do not share a printer - therefore please remove the checkmark here !
Now the printer should appear in the Windows system settings and in the print dialogs. Congratulations!
 
The printers used at DESY have almost all configurable equipment options, which you have to configure in the printer driver itself, for example to use additional paper cassettes and finisher functions like sorting, stapling and punching.
In the Windows system settings, in the list of printers and scanners, you will find the printer that you have just created.
Click on it and then press the "Manage" button. Then go to the "Printer properties" option.
Select the "Accessories" tab in the upper row.
 
Since your PC cannot communicate directly with the printer, please remove the check mark at the bottom left of "Automatically update printer information". 
Configure the printer now as your device is equipped, which you want to address.

In the "Accessories" tab next to the equipment options of the device, please select the option "Adobe Postscript" for " Postscrpt".

In the "Advanced" tab, select a standard setting for print jobs (paper tray (feeder), paper size, duplex/simplex, color/black-and-white, etc.) that makes sense for your application purposes under "Defaults ...".
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