Printing Help
In the vast majority of cases that involve printing, the help that is required is for Windows connection to a network printer.
This is probably one of the simplest things to setup in Windows.
The college has access to variety of servers that provide our connections to network printers.
For CEFNS staff and faculty we try to exclusively use a server named YAVIN.
For students there are two servers ACADRESN and ACADRESS.
Anyone who is logged on the a Windows computer that is a part of the NAU network can connect to these servers.
It is a simply a matter of typing the path to the server in either the “run” utility on the Start Menu (
+R key combination) or into the address bar in “My Computer” and pressing enter.
You just need to type one of these three: \\YAVIN or \\ACADRESN or \\ACADRESS
Either method will open a “My Computer” window with the right-hand pane showing the “printer shares”.
In most cases we use the following naming convention: type of printer; building, room. So the dell3100-21-227 would be the Dell 3100 printer in building 21, room 227. If no middle number exists the that printer is in Engineering building 69.
All that a user needs to do is double-click the appropriate printer and that is it. The printer is set up on their computer and will remain so until it is deleted from the local printer’s folder.
In some case on YAVIN there are security restrictions for access to some printers.
If a printer you need is not on the list please contact our help desk 3-8084 or cefnsithelp@nau.edu to check or get one created.
The two student print servers are exclusively for printer in computer labs.
