Home › SILS IT Services › Labs and Equipment ›

Printing in the Lab

Printing from a SILS Lab Computer

There are two printers in the SILS Lab, one black-and-white and one color. The SILS Lab computers can access the SILSQue1 on AUXPRINT2 for black and white printing.  This is the laser printer at the printing station next to the lab attendant's desk.

**Please Note: to print to the Lab's black-and-white printer, you must have money on your OneCard. UNC's printing allocation for students does not work with the SILS printer.  Printing costs 5 cents per page.

To print black and white pages

  • When printing a document from a SILS lab computer select "SILSQue1 on AUXPRINT2" from the list of available printers.

  • You'll get a popup box that asks you to enter your Onyen username and the name of your print job. It doesn't really matter what you enter for the name, it just needs to be something you can recognize.

  • Once you have sent the print job, go to the Pharos station next to the door of the Lab, swipe your OneCard, and choose the print job you want to release.

To print from the manual feed tray

  • Open the document to be printed and select File → Print.

  • Select SILSQue1 on AUXPRINT2 and click Properties.

  • Under the Paper/Quality tab, in the Paper Options section, click the Source is: drop-down list.

  • Select Manual Feed (Tray 1)

  • Click OK

  • You will be prompted for your name and a name for the print job.

  • Open tray 1 and place your paper in the tray.

  • After supplying that information, swipe your OneCard at the machine near the lab door and select your print job(s).

  • At the printer, respond to prompts about paper size and type.

  • Hit the green button on the printer to begin printing.

To print color pages

  • Color printing is limited to no more than 5 pages per day. If you need more than 5 pages printed in color, please go to the Undergraduate Library.

  • In the print dialogue box of the application your working in, select "sils_lab_color" from the printer dropdown menu. If the color printer is not there, please see the section below on "Adding the color printer".

    • Please note: You will not have to name your print job or swipe your card!

  • Your pages will go to the color printer next to the lab attendant. See the lab assistant to pick up the pages.

Adding the color printer

If \\sils-pelican\sils_lab_color is not set up on the computer you are working on or the SILS username you used to sign in, you can set it as a network printer.

  • Go to Start → Run  and click OK

  • Type \\sils-pelican

    • In list of available printers, highlight SILS_Lab_Color

    • Right-click on the SILS_Lab_Color printer and choose "Connect"

    • Click "Yes" to install the drivers

    • The color printer is now setup.