Printing to the Ricoh Copiers

After the appropriate driver has been installed and configured on a computer, it is possible to print to the department's Ricoh copiers via the MIE research network. The copier(s) will appear on your list of printers as any other printer would. You will have the ability to print directly to the copier, or to its internal hard-drive for later retrieval. A unique assigned PIN number will be required.

Click here for driver installation instructions (PDF file).

If you have not already been assigned a PIN, contact the reception desk at the MIE main office. Graduate students should contact their supervising professor. Note: undergraduate students do not typically have access to the research network and the copiers.

When you print to the copier, you will select the appropriate RICOH printer. The copiers are located in MC111, RS212, and BA8116. Within the printer properties page, you must select the "valid access" tab. In the data entry box, you will enter the appropriate assigned PIN code. Jobs sent to the copier without a PIN, will be ignored.

As previously mentioned, you can elect to print your document to the copier's internal hard-drive. This is useful if the document's information is confidential. From the properties page, select the "setup" tab. You will see a drop down menu box called "job type" (default is "normal"). Select "document server", then click on the "details" button just below the box. You will be asked to enter a userid, filename, password, and a user name. For example:

USERID: yourname
FILENAME: yourfile
PASSWORD: 12345
USER NAME: your name

Once you have entered the information, click OK. Click OK again to exit the properties page, unless you have other settings you wish to change. On the main print dialog window click OK again to begin sending the job to the copier's internal hard-drive. The job will remain on the copier's hard-drive for up to 3 days, after which it will be automatically deleted by the copier.

When you are ready to retrieve the document, you must go to the copier and select the "document server" button, and enter your appropriate PIN. Select the job from the list, and enter the password you chose when submitting the print job. Press the green "start" button to begin printing to paper. For research related printing, your account will be charged when you print to paper (not for sending the job to the document server). Once the printing is complete, press the delete button to remove the job from the queue unless you wish to re-print to paper. When finished, do not forget to cancel your PIN session as you would with normal copying.