Wireless Printer Setup (Windows Vista/7 via IE)

Follow these instructions to set up wireless printing through your web browser. If you are running Windows 7 64-bit, please use the Control Panel method.

Before you begin:

• You need to either be connected to myVPN or the ubcsecure network
• You need to know the name of the printer (the yellow label on the printer or see Complete List of Public Printers for reference)
• This method only works with Internet Explorer
• Colour printing is currently not supported on Windows 7

How To Add a Printer (Via Your Browser)

Step 1

Go to Complete List of Public Printers, then from the list of the printers, select the printer at your current location.

Step 2

Under ‘Printer Actions’, click on Connect.

Step 3

Click on the notification on the top.

Step 4

Select Yes and wait for the connection to be established.

Step 5

Once connected, click on Allow when prompted.

Step 6

Click on Yes.

Step 7

Printer installation is now complete. To verify that your printer is connected, click on Click here to open the printers folder on your machine.

If you get another security warning at this step, please click “Allow”.

Step 8

Check to see if the new printer you added is there.

How To Print

After sending your print job, you need to type in “guest” from the print release station.

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