In the interest of making everyone’s lives a little easier, the way you add and use printers has changed. Here’s what that looks like:
Find the shiny new shortcut on your Desktop that looks like this:
- If you can't find the shortcut, open File Explorer and navigate to \\print
Double-click on the shortcut, and see a folder like this:
Find the printer(s) you want, Right-Click, and choose Connect:
If you see a message asking for Administrator Credentials when adding a printer, it is because the Drivers were not installed correctly. Please put in a ticket with your Computer name at https://helpdesk.philomath.k12.or.us
That’s it. There may not be any window that pops up, or any confirmation.
There are a few other things to note here:
Printers now default to Grayscale. (Color prints are 10x more expensive.)
Printers that support duplex (double-sided) will default to duplex. (Single-sided printing is 2x as expensive.)
The following are still works-in-progress:
Printing via Chromebook
The following are now logged & recorded securely for metrics & troubleshooting:
Who printed
When they printed
What printer they printed to
Title of the document printed*
Number of pages
Color or grayscale
Duplex or single-sided
*The Content of what was printed is not saved or logged.