Student Computing Clusters

Printing to Clusters from Your Own Windows Computer

You can print to any of the managed printers on campus from your own computer, either laptop or desktop.

Adding the Clusters Queue

To print from the Windows computers, you must be on a wired UNH Ethernet connection or you must have a secure UNH wireless network connection. For a wired connection, there is nothing special to do. Just have your Ethernet cable be plugged in. For a wireless connection, you must first go to UNH's VPN server and login there to establish a secure connection.

These conditions apply both for when you setup the printer queues and for every time that you print!

1. Select the Run prompt from the Start Menu.

2. In the Run dialog, enter the path \\snuffy\clusters to connect to and configure the black-and-white printing queue. Click OK to proceed.

   If you are prompted for a username and password, enter guest as the username and leave the password field blank.

   Wait for Windows to install the driver and configure the queue.

3. If you also wish to use color printing, repeat the process, but enter the path \\snuffy\clusters_color to connect to and configure the color queue.

Your new print queues are ready for your use. If you want to set one to be your default printer, then from the Printer menu of the window for that queue, select Set as Default Printer.

Using the Clusters Queue

When you are ready to print a document, first make sure you have an appropriate network connection! You must either be using a wired connection plugged into a UNH Ethernet port in a Library, dorm, Cluster, or other location, or you must have a wireless connection that you have secured by going to UNH's VPN server and logging in wtih your UNH username and password.

When you select the Print command. Then, make sure the Clusters queue is selected in the print dialog box to print in black-and-white or select the Clusters_Color for color output.