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Printers

Library Lab Printers

Each student receives an annual allowance of 1200 pages of ‘free’ laser printing in the computer lab. The credit, equivalent to $60, is placed in your printing account on August 15. If you exhaust your printing allowance, you can buy additional pages at the circulation desk for $0.05 per page, in $5.00 increments. If you have questions about your balance or believe there has been a printing error on your account, email the library's Information Technology staff at lawtech@smu.edu.

Lexis and Westlaw Printers

Westlaw and Lexis provide online access to a vast quantity of research materials as well as free printing of those materials. Conserve your library printing account by using the Westlaw and Lexis printers to print Lexis and Westlaw documents. To print to Westlaw and Lexis printers, select the “LIBRARY” or “3RD FLOOR COMPUTER LAB” printer from the Lexis or Westlaw printing options.

Printing From Your Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 Laptop Computer to the Law Library's Lab Printers

(Windows XP and Windows Vista and Windows 7 only)

To print via the wireless network from your personal laptop computer to the printers in the library’s third floor computer lab, you must run a batch file to authenticate with the printer system. The batch file must be re-run if a wireless network disconnection has occurred. (Note: Operating systems other than Windows XP/Vista and Windows 7 require different setups.)

How to Change or Create Print Batch Files for Law School Lab Printers for Windows XP/Windows Vista and Windows 7:
Describes how to create a batch file to authenticate on the server for using Lab Printers on student laptops.
Download the Batch File.

How to Install or Reinstall Driver Files for Law School Lab Printers:
Describes how to reinstall the printer drivers for using advanced features of the Canon printers or for setting them up the first time on a student laptop.

Printing From Your Macbook to the Law Library's Lab Printers

  1. Download the macprintsetup.zip file.
  2. A folder will be created -- probably off the "downloads" folder.
  3. Run the "Canon PS Installer.pkg" from inside the "macprintsetup" folder that is created to install the Canon PS Printer Driver.
  4. Run the "macprint2" script from  inside the "macprintsetup" folder..
  5. A window will appear labeled "Terminal" -- enter your SMU ID number and press enter.
  6. You will be prompted for a password -- type your SMU Webmail password and press Enter.
  7. Once the correct password is entered, the machine will prompt you with [process completed]. Close the window.
  8. You can confirm the printer has been created under the Print and Fax option off System Preferences.