SCS Printing: One-Time Registration Procedure

SCS Computing Facilities provides printing services for the SCS community including public printing for the three main platforms we support (Windows, macOS and Linux), supporting private in-office printing, public printing hardware maintenance and printing consumables supply. We now use a centralized print service, where you print to one queue and then release the print job at the printer.

Getting Started

Our public printing system requires an initial, one-time registration before an SCS person can print to it. For this, you will need an active Andrew ID (username and password) as well as a CMU ID Card.  This is because our public printers confirm your identity based on your account and CMU ID, providing a more secure manner of printing control.

Please note: If you are issued a new/renewed CMU ID Card, your SCS public printing account will need to be reset. Please complete the form linked in the sidebar to submit a request. Once your account has been reset, you can follow the instructions below to register your new ID Card.

Register your CMU ID Card

Configure Printers

Connect your computer to the SCS print server using the following queues:

• Windows: \\SCS-print.srv.cs.cmu.edu\SCS-Public
• Supported Mac using Self-Service: SCS-Public
• Supported Linux: lpr -P scs_public

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux

Print and Retrieve Print Job

After previewing the document, print to the SCS-Public queue.