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<h1>This page is out of date, and the instructions on it are unlikely to work.&nbsp;</h1><p>


SUCS offers members the opportunity to use our laser printer from their laptop computer. </p><h2>Windows</h2><p>The following guide assumes you&#39;re using Windows XP. Users of Windows 95 will need to install <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUPreviews/IPP/Default.asp">this software</a>, whereas Windows 98 users will require <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WUPreviews/IPP/Default.asp">this version</a> of the software.</p><p>
To add a new printer in Windows XP, navigate to the &#39;Printers and Faxes&#39; icon in Control Panel. Click the &#39;Add A Printer&#39; link.</p>

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You&#39;ll be adding a network printer, so choose this option. Windows will then prompt you for the type of network connection, you&#39;ll want to select the 3rd option (URL) and enter the following URL: http://silver.sucs.org:631/printers/laser</p><p>
When you click &#39;Next&#39;, you will be asked what type of authentication you wish to use. Choose the 3rd option, &#39;Use the specified account:&#39;, and enter your SUCS username and password.</p><p>
The next dialogue box will ask you what the make and model of the printer is. Select &#39;Brother&#39; in the left hand column, and then &#39;Brother HL-1440 Series&#39; (it&#39;s towards the bottom of the list, not where you&#39;d expect it to be.) If the printer doesn&#39;t appear in this list, download the driver from <a href="http://www.brother-support.co.uk/KNOWLEDGESTORE/Product%20Bank.nsf/b98b100e7534f29180256a8e0042a253/921753aeb9da7d8780256b7b00392469?OpenDocument" target="_new">here</a>.</p><p>
Click OK in any remaining dialogue boxes, and the printer will be ready to use.</p><h2>Linux</h2><p>If you want to know, ask and we might get around to writing a guide!<br /></p><h2>Mac</h2><p>This guide is for OS X Tiger (10.4) and describes how to print to a remote authenticated CUPS printer via HTTP</p><p>Open the Print &amp; Fax control in System Preferences, In the Printing tab click the add printer button (the little plus below the printer list) this should pop up a &quot;Printer Browser&quot;. <br /></p><p>Next you need to hold down the alt button on your keyboard and click the &quot;More Printers&quot; button. From this new dialogue you need to select &quot;Advanced&quot; in the top list, and &quot;Internet Printing Protocol using HTTP&quot; as the Device. The Device Name can be anything of your choosing, and the Device URL is http://username:password@sucs.org:631/printers/laser where username and password are substituted for your SUCS username and password. The printer model should be left as Generic<br /></p><p><img src="../../../pictures/osx_printing.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>Now click Add and you should be able to print to the SUCS printer.</p>