Printing in Cohen Hall
The printer previously located in Cohen 237 is now in room 235 - a small room near the central stairway.
The combination for the door lock is that same as it was for room 237. This printer is only available to graduate students in the following departments:
- Classical Studies
- Philosophy
- History & Sociology of Science
- Religious Studies
Computers are now available in the Classical Studies Library, Philosophy student offices (430,431,443,452) and Religious Studies student office (229).
The lab and printer in room 371 is only for History & Sociology of Science graduate students. The printing system in both labs works identically. You can print in two ways:
- from the computers installed in the student spaces
- from your own laptop, once you've installed the printing software. Mac and Windows are supported.
Printing in both labs costs $.05 per page, payable with PennCash.
Find out about how to add PennCash to your PennCard
How does the printing system work?
Whether you're printing from a lab computer or from your own, the printing process involves 2 basic steps:
- Send your job to a queue. When you initiate printing
on your computer, you're not sending your job directly to the printer
in the lab. Instead, you're sending it to a print queue; you'll
provide information to help identify your job in the queue. Your job
will remain in the queue for up to 2 hours.
- Release your job from from the queue. Each printer is attached to a release station - a computer fitted with a card-swipe device. Swipe your PennCard to activate the release station, locate your job in the queue, and click "Print." This will release your job from the queue, and it will come out of the printer. The cost is $.05 per page, chargeable to your PennCash account.
Your PennCash account is charged only when you release your job from the queue. You are not charged if you send a job, but don't release it.
Problems or questions?
Printing from a lab computer
Initiate printing as you would normally. Typically CTL-P on Windows, CMD-P on Mac. Fill out the dialog box as shown above, and go to the release station to collect your job.
In 235, the computers are configured to print two-sided by default. If you want to select single-side sided, click the PROPERTIES button in the print dialogue boxThen uncheck the box for "Print on both sides" and click OK.
Printing from your own computer
Click on the links below to download the appropriate printer package for Windows or Mac. The printer package is the software that lets your computer communicate with the printers. You'll only need to do the setup process one time. After installation of the printer package, you'll be able to send your jobs to the printers without repeating this setup process.
Windows 2000/XP/Vista & Windows 7
Download the appropriate printer package for Windows:
Windows Printer Package for Cohen 235
Windows Printer Package for Cohen 371 lab
It is a large download (~54MB), so may take some time to complete.
When the download is complete, double-click the package icon to launch the installer. You'll see a box like this when the installer is running.
Please be patient - the installation can take several minutes to complete.
Click Finish to complete the installation.
When the installation is complete, you're ready to start sending jobs to the printer following the steps shown above.
Download the appropriate printer package for Mac:
Mac Printer Package for Cohen 235
Mac Printer Package for Cohen 371 lab
When the download is complete, double-click the package icon; then you'll see something that looks like this:
Double-click on Popup.pkg to initiate the installation; click Continue
The installation process will start to run and may take several minutes to complete. When it's finished you'll see this screen
Click Close to complete the installation process.
When the installation is complete, you're ready to start sending jobs to the printer following the steps shown above.