Adding a Departmental Printers to Your Computer

Departmental Printing

Printing to Department printers is limited to Faculty, Postdocs, and Graduate students in the Department. However, there is now an E-Print printer for undergraduate use in Room 211 of Old Chem.

You must be connected to DukeBlue Wi-Fi network to print to the department printers.

For Faculty/Staff users with Duke Managed Computers:

If you have a Duke-owned/managed laptop or desktop (CPPAS, grant-funded) and need to have the department printers added to your machine, please create a ticket here: Request IT Help.  Any future updates to printers will be automatically sent to your computer.

For Self-Managed Computers:

To add a printer on a self-managed device,  please note the IP address of the printer below and then follow instructions for macOS and Windows to add it to your device.

 

Printer IP Addresses: 

10.236.42.35 – Old Chem 211 HP Color Printer

10.236.42.36 – Old Chem 211 Ricoh B&W Printer

10.236.42.38 – Old Chem 118 HP Color Printer

 

Instructions for macOS

  1. Go to System Settings/Printers & Scanners (towards the bottom).
  2. At the bottom of the page that opens, you should see an ‘Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax…’ button; select that.
  3. In the new window that opens, select IP in the middle at the top.
  4. Address will be where you enter the IP Address from the list is provided above. You will need to add each printer individually one time.
  5. Protocol, I’d recommend AirPrint as it should install the needed driver and will pull the name.
  6. For the Name section, I’d make it simple and use the naming conventions I listed with the IPs above.
  7. Select ‘Add’ and then the printer should be available for use and in your list.

 

Instructions for Windows PC’s

 

  1. Go to your Settings/Bluetooth & devices/Printers & scanners
  2. Select the ‘Add Device’ button at the top.
  3. You should be able to select ‘The printer that I want isn’t listed'/' Add a new device manually’.
  4. The new window that opens has a list of options. The one you want is ‘Add a printer using an IP address or hostname’, click Next.
  5. Select Autodetect from the dropdown, enter the printer's IP address in the ‘Hostname or IP Address ‘, field, click next, and it should find and install the printer.
  6. Select, Do not share this printer; select it and click Next.
  7. You can print a test page and click Finish. The printer should be added and made available for printing.

If you have any questions, concerns or if additional assistance is needed, please create a ticket using this link: Request IT Help