Printing & Copiers
Installing printers, releasing prints and scanning from the copiers.

Installing Local Printers With Print Deploy
You should now see a new icon at the top right corner of your laptop (Linux only). This is your PaperCut Print Deploy Client. This nifty little tool allows you to install available printers on your device, and it will treat those printers as local connections. This is a big deal because it allows printing outside of Chrome, within any application!
The rest of this section will walk you through choosing which printers you want installed.
Click on the icon, and then choose “View my printers.”
You will be required to log in. Just use your school Google account to do so.
The default installation is going to put a printer called “Print_Release” on your computer. This, technically, is the only printer that you really need access to since you can release to any machine.
IF you REALLY want to, you can click on “Add printers” on the left of the page that pops up. Then click on the green “INSTALL” button for the device that you need to get installed.
The printer you choose should disappear from the list, and you should get a green confirmation message at the bottom of your screen.
Now, when you click on “My printers” on the left, you will see the “Print_Release” and any other printer you chose to install.
You will now see these printers in your printer selection menus, both in chrome and other print-enabled applications.
Originally posted by Cory Robbins on the West Fork Technology Hub (2023-02-16).

Saving Your Printer Authentication For Local Printers
The new local print deploy system allows you to use printers outside of Chrome.
The negative, I guess, about this is that you are required to put your password into the print system before your items print. This isn’t a huge deal because you can save it. Here are the steps to take care of that:
First, go ahead and print something to the Print_Release printer. It doesn’t have to be anything special, and you don’t actually have to release it. We just need a job sent.
Now, click in the top right corner to open your menu(the battery icon is convenient to click).
Click on “Settings.”
Click “Printers” on the left to get this window:
In the bottom right corner, click the button that says “Additional Printer Settings…”
That will give you this window:
Right click on the “Print_Release” printer, and click on “View Print Queue.”
There should be a print job with the status “Held for authentication.”
Right click that, and choose “Authenticate.”
That should give you this window:
In the username box, type the first part of your email address (the part before @wftigers.org). Type your Google password in the password box. I also strongly suggest checking the Remember password box. That way, you only have to do this once!
Click on OK.
You can close all of the printing windows I just had you open. You should be good to go for future prints!
Originally posted by Cory Robbins on the West Fork Technology Hub (2023-02-16).

Releasing Prints From Your Computer
While mobile release is pretty cool (and works off-campus), you might also want to be able to release documents from your computer without having to get out your phone. This is also super simple, and it also works from home.
Start by going to this website:
http://print.wftigers.org:9191/release
Go ahead and log in with the Google button or by typing it in. From here, the process is pretty much identical to the mobile route.
Release steps (same as on a phone)
Once you have logged in, you will see the all available printers. Go ahead and tap the printer that you want to send your document to.
On the resulting page, you will see a list of any files you have sent to the Print_Release printer. You can check the box to the left of each file, and then choose to click the “Release” or “Cancel” buttons.
If you hit “Cancel” the document will not be printed. If you click on the “Release” button, your document will be printed to your chosen location, WITHOUT you having to scan your badge.
After you print your document, your release queue will show that it is empty until you print a new document.
Originally posted by Cory Robbins on the West Fork Technology Hub (2023-02-16).

Releasing Prints From Your Phone
It makes sense that you would need the ability to release a print job ONLY when you are in front of it when you are dealing with sensitive information, but sometimes, especially when you need to print something larger, it is far more convenient to release these prints remotely. You can now do that with your phone.
Here is a scenario: You are out sick, and you need to print a document for your sub. Use the off-campus printing access we just went over, and then use this mobile release feature to ensure that the document is ready for your sub.
This is just a website, but it has the “Add to Homescreen” feature.
First, go to this address (only works on a phone, and iPhone MUST use Safari for this - computer steps are later):
http://print.wftigers.org:9191/mr
This will bring up a website with a login screen. Don’t worry about that right now. For now, for iPhone, tap the share button, and for android, tap the 3 vertical dots. 
Then, for both types of phone, tap the “Add to Home Screen” button.
You will be asked to name your shortcut.
You should get an icon that looks similar to this one:
Now, when you open that app, you will see the same site from earlier. Now, you can choose to log in by typing your information (if you don’t want to use your Google account on your phone), or touch the Google button for a quicker login. I recommend hitting the “Remember me” option. You will have to verify the Google Account.
Once you have logged in, you will see the all available printers. Go ahead and tap the printer that you want to send your document to.
On the resulting page, you will see a list of any files you have sent to the Print_Release printer. You can check the box to the left of each file, and then choose to click the “Release” or “Cancel” buttons.
If you hit “Cancel” the document will not be printed. If you click on the “Release” button, your document will be printed to your chosen location, WITHOUT you having to scan your badge.
After you print your document, your release queue will show that it is empty until you print a new document.
Originally posted by Cory Robbins on the West Fork Technology Hub (2023-02-16).

Scan From Copier to Email or Google Drive
The color copiers offer two delivery options for scanned documents. Scanned documents can be sent by email or saved directly to Google Drive in PDF format.
To get started, use your badge to log on to the copier.
From the home screen, click the Scan button.
Choose either To Email or To Google Drive.
(Click the arrows below for detailed instructions.)
To Email
The Subject of the email can be changed.  Click to access the onscreen keyboard.
The File name can also be changed in the same manner.
Click the Setting button for 2-sided scanning and many other options.
Place the document in the document feeder or on the scanner bed and click Start.
The document will be delivered to your email in pdf format.  Note the sender is Tech.
To Google Drive
The Filename can be changed.  Click to access the onscreen keyboard.
Click the Setting button for 2-sided scanning and many other options.
Place the document in the document feeder or on the scanner bed and click Start.
The document will be saved to your Google Drive in a folder called Scans for PaperCut MF.  Note: you will also receive an email from Scans for PaperCut with a link to the scanned document.
Originally posted by Carl Clements on the West Fork Technology Hub (2024-10-22).