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Printing At Goshen College

Adding a Network Printer or Copier to Your Computer

Multi-function Printer/Copier - General Use Instructions

There are regional laser printers and multi-function printer/copiers placed throughout campus which you can use for printing. There is also a print queue called "campus-copier" that you can print to and then log onto any campus multi-function printer/copier to print your jobs. Laser printers are available in both the Schertz and the Library labs. Students receive $15 of free printing at the beginning of each semester and $7.50 for the May term. Students must purchase additional print credit from the ITS Help Desk if they run out of print credit before the end of a semester. For students, laser printing costs 10 cents per page, color printing costs 25 cents per page. Both the Schertz Computing Center and the Library also have a multi-function printer/copier that prints up to 11"x17", and costs 7 cents per page for single sided, and 10 cents for double sided. Note: The multi-function printer/copiers are set to duplex printing by default.

Students can print to the following printers:

Connector: connector 2nd floor laser (on the Kratz-Miller connector second floor),connector 4th floor (on the Kratz-Miller connector fourth floor)
Schertz Computer Lab: scc-laser, scc-colorlaser, scc-copier
Library: libr-glref-laser, lib-lab-laser, libr-copier1, libr-copier2
Administration Building AD21 Computer Lab: ad21-lab-laser
Students can also print to the "campus-copier" queue, which will allow them to log onto any campus multi-function printer/copier and retrieve their print jobs.

Special Papers

The bookstore has laser transparencies and laser photo paper available for sale.

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Print Balance

Goshen College students receive $15 of free printing at the beginning of each semester and $7.50 for the May term. For students, laser printing costs 10 cents per page, color printing costs 25 cents per page. Both the Schertz Computing Center and the Library also have a multi-function printer/copier that prints up to 11"x17", and costs 7 cents per page for single sided, and 10 cents per page for double sided. Note: The multi-function printer/copiers are set to duplex printing by default. Your current print balance is available online at http://gcprint.goshen.edu. You can also log onto a Windows computer in any of the computer labs and see your balance listed in the gadget that is displayed in the top right corner of the desktop. Students must purchase additional print credit from the ITS Help Desk if they run out of print credit before the end of a semester.

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Adding a Networked Printer or copier

Adding a Network Printer or Copier on a computer running Windows

Click on the Start button and in the search field, type in \\gcprint and then press enter.
A list of printers will appear. Double click on the printer you wish to add. Laser printers are named with the abbreviation of the department/building, followed by "-laser". Multi-function printer/copiers are named with the abbreviation of the department/building, followed by "-copier". You can also add the "campus-copier" printer to your computer, then when you print to "campus-copier" you can log onto any multi-function printer/copier on campus and retrieve your print job.

Note: ITS offers the ability to add a GC networked printer or multi-function printer/copier to a Windows computer and print over wireless, however some Windows computers are unable to connect to the Samba server over wireless, and therefore are unable to print over wireless. If you are unable to configure your computer to print over wireless with the above instructions, use the "Printing Over Wireless" instructions to print through our "WebPrint" Internet portal to print wirelessly. The only caveat is that all files that you print over wireless must first be in PDF format in order to print through WebPrint. You must also print through WebPrint if you are on a Mac and trying to print over wireless.

Adding a Network Printer or Copier on a computer running Mac OS that is connected to the network via Ethernet (not wireless)

You must first connect to GC File. In the Finder, click on Go and choose Connect To Server.
Type in smb://gcfile.goshen.edu/username (where username is, put in your GC username).
Go into System Preferences and click to open Print & Fax.
Click on the + sign to add a printer.
From the list of available printers, double click on the printer you wish to add. Laser printers are named with the abbreviation of the department/building, followed by "-laser". Multi-function printer/copiers are named with the abbreviation of the department/building, followed by "-copier". You can also add the "campus-copier" printer to your computer, then when you print to "campus-copier" you can log onto any multi-function printer/copier on campus and retrieve your print job.
Close the Print & Fax window.
Each time you boot up your computer you will need to first connect to GC File before you can print.

Note: Mac users are unable to add printers over wireless and print over wireless in the traditional way. Printing over wireless from a Mac requires that you use the below links for printing through our "WebPrint" Internet portal to print wireless. The only caveat is that all files that you print over wireless must first be in PDF format in order to print through WebPrint.

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Printing over Wireless

Click here for Windows instructions on how to print from your laptop over the wireless network.

Click here for Mac instructions on how to print from your laptop over the wireless network.

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N-up Printing

You can save money by printing two or more pages to one physical page of paper. See our N-up printing page.

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Duplex Printing

Some printers are also capable of printing to both sides of a sheet of paper. This is called Duplex printing. For more information on Duplex printing in Windows, visit the Duplex printing page. For instructions on Duplex printing for Macs click here. Note: The Multi-function Printer/Copiers are set to duplex print by default.

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Multi-function Printer/Copier - General Use Instructions

Major academic buildings, some departments, the library, and the Schertz Computer Lab have multi-function printer/copier devices. These devices offer network printing, copying, scan to the GCFile server, and scan to email. The MFPs are able to accommodate up to 11"x17" size paper. For general usage instructions, visit the Multi-function Printer/Copier instruction page.