Printer setup for personal machines

The Architecture campus provides printers which can be accessed wirelessly. You must have a UW/NEXUS username and password.

We currently have 5 student access printers available throughout the school:
Location: ARC 2512, Make/Model: Xerox WorkCentre Pro 128
Location: ARC 2512, Make/Model: Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN
Location: ARC 2111B, Make/Model: Xerox WorkCentre Pro 128
Location: ARC 3102A, Make/Model: Xerox WorkCentre 5225
Location: ARC 3103A, Make/Model: Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN

To access these printers you must install 2 virtual print queues (one for black & white and one for colour) on your personal machine. Once installed these e-queues will allow you to print to any of the 5 student use printers.

For the black & white print queue you will use the "HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX PostScript" driver. This driver should be included with your operating system. The queue name is: Xerox_FollowYou_B&W

For the colour print queue you will use the "Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN Postscript" driver. This driver can downloaded here. The queue name is: Ricoh_FollowYou_Colour

Windows (Vista/Win 7)

  1. Make sure you are logged on to your machine with an account which has administrative privileges.
  2. Download the driver from the above link (Note: In most cases the driver will be installed automatically from the print server but downloading beforehand will ensure you have it available if required).
  3. Open "Devices and Printers", located in "Control Panel".
  4. In the address bar located at the top of the window type the following address including backslashes "\\arcserv6.uwaterloo.ca".
  5. A window titled "Windows Security" should appear. Type your username and password and click ok. Make sure your username is preceeded by "NEXUS\" example: "NEXUS\jdoe".
  6. A list of available printers should be displayed. Rick click on either "Xerox_FollowYou_B&W" for black & white printing or "Ricoh_FollowYou_Colour" for colour printing and choose "Connect..."
  7. You should be prompted to install the driver, confirm the installation.
  8. The printer should now appear in the "Devices and Printers" window and be ready for use.

Mac Users (10.5+):

  1. For print accounting to work properly on the mac your account name must be the same as your NEXUS account name. Click "Accounts" located in "System Preferences" unlock the preference pane if required, and right click on your account name and choose "Advanced Options". If the name in the "Account Name:" field is different from your NEXUS account you will be required to change it and a reboot will be required before the change will take affect.
  2. Download the appropriate driver from the above link if required.
  3. Click on "Print & Fax" located in "System Prefernces" unlock the preference pane if required and click on the "+" to add a new printer.
  4. Choose "IP" from the list of options located at the top of the Add Printer dialog.
  5. Choose "Line Printer Daemon - LPD" from the Protocol options.
  6. Type "arcserv6.uwaterloo.ca" in the Address field.
  7. Type the queue name into the Queue field for the desired printer, the two valid queues are located at the top of this page.
  8. The "Name" and "Location" fields are for you to uniquely identify the printer.
  9. From the "Print Using" box choose "Select Printer Software..." and type either "HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX PostScript" for the black and white queue or "Ricoh SP C811DN" for the colour queue.
  10. Click the "Add" button and be sure to choose the correct Installable Options, in most cases Twin Trays and/or Duplex Module.