Printing from laptops/self-maintained Windows PCs
You may need to authenticate against \\socs-srv.cs.bham.ac.uk with your School of Computer Science credentials before trying to add a printer. You will also need to have administrative rights on your client machine in order for the driver to install properly.
To add a printer in Windows select
Control Panel -> Printers -> Add Printer
Add a network printer. If the browse fails to show any printers then click on the "Printer that I want isn't listed" option and enter the printer name - e.g.
\\socs-srv.cs.bham.ac.uk\turner
At the username/password prompt enter
socs-ad\yourusername
followed by your socs-ad password.
If you have administrator rights you should then be able to install the print driver.
If using Windows 7, then you should use the following print server:
\\sms-1.cs.bham.ac.uk\turner
This server has drivers available for Windows 7. Whilst you can use socs-srv with Windows 7 machines, the drivers have been known to cause problems when printing.
Printing from the wireless network
In order to print via the wireless network you should first connect to the School's VPN service. The printing instructions on this page should then work.