If you use a personal Windows computer, follow these instructions to print directly to a Sharp MX-C500P desktop printer or to print to a large format printer or plotter.
You need to install the printer client software, which installs the appropriate printer drivers on your computer, and the user client software, which you will use to select an account to pay for printing.
Make sure you connect to the eduroam Wi-Fi network or you connect to the VPN.
Installing the print client software
- Download ‘PaperCut Print Deploy Client (Windows)’ from Secure Downloads.
- Open the Downloads folder and double-click on ‘pc-print-deploy-client[smps3-pas.campus.bath.ac.uk].msi’ and continue to install. You may be asked to confirm that you accept that the program will make changes to your computer.
- Click on the green printer icon in the Task bar and select 'View My Printers'.
- The PaperCut Print Deploy Client will open. Enter your University username, like abc1, and password and click on 'Sign in and add printers'.
- The printers will start installing.
Installing the user client software
- Download ‘PaperCut User Client (Windows)’ from Secure Downloads.
- Open the Downloads folder, right-hand mouse click on ‘pc-user-client-win.zip’ and select ‘Extract All…’
- In the ‘pc-user-client-win’ folder, double-click on the ‘win’ folder, then double-click on the ‘client-install-local.exe’ file.
- You may be asked to confirm that you accept that the program will make changes to your computer.
- Select ‘Local Install (for all users’), click on ‘Next’, then click on ‘Install’.
- Once installed, from the Windows Start menu, run ‘PaperCut MF Client’.
- It may take up to one minute to display a login window. Enter your University username, like abc1, and password and tick ‘Remember my identity’.
Printing a document
When printing a document, you will see a pop-up window for selecting an account to pay for printing. Select ‘Charge to my personal account’, or select ‘Charge to a shared account’, and then a department or project code.
