Our building has a shared Xerox AltaLink C8145 printer, which is located in the expansion areas, near the Kumquat conference room. There is no fee for using this printer, but each company has an accounting code that is used for tracking purposes. If you need to find you company's code, please submit a ticket.

The instructions for connecting to the printer are below, which will allow you to use the printer as long as you are on the eduroam network.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Troubleshooting Tips

• Driver Install

• MAC OS Installation 

• Windows 10 (Windows 11 is similar)

**Mac OS Installation Note: VERY IMPORTANT to enter the IP address of the printer DURING the driver install, not after. If you do not do this, the uninstall process for the driver is terrible and you have to start over.

Troubleshooting Tips:

1. Make sure you are connected to eduroam

2. Make sure the accounting code has been entered correctly

3. Make sure you're printing at 100% scale: usually called "Default", "Fit", "Fit to page", or manually set at 100% scale

Download the correct driver

1.  Go to Xerox's Drivers Page

2. Select your operating system from the drop-down menu and then click "Apply Filters"

3. You must be connected to eduroam for this installation to work, and to print from this printer

MAC OS Installation 

1. IMPORTANT STEP:  you must complete this process fully and ensure you enter the correct IP address to connect to the printer. If you do not, it will not work and the process to re-install is painful!

2. Using the link above, filter the print drivers for you version of MacOS. Under the option called "macOS Print and Scan Driver Installer" check to agree to terms and conditions, then click Download

3. Find the downloaded files and open them to begin the installation

4. Click through the installation Wizard, and at Select Printer enter the IP address 136.152.47.2, either by clicking on the server connected to a T-junction or selecting "Don't See Your Printer?"
   
   

   This is an image of the macOS “Install Xerox Drivers” installation wizard at the “Select Printer” step. The left sidebar shows the setup steps, with “Select Printer” highlighted. In the main window, the “Discovered Printers” list is empty. At the top, two large icons are displayed: one showing multiple networked computers and another showing a single computer connected to a horizontal bar (a T-junction–style server). The single-computer icon is outlined in red and pointed to with a red arrow, indicating the option to manually select or add a printer when no printers are discovered.

5. After entering the IP address, continue through the installation Wizard until it tells you the installation is complete

6. Now open a print dialogue to save a new preset that will send your accounting code when printing. If you do not send an accounting code, all that will print is an error page.

   1. If you do not know your company’s printing code, check the welcome email you received during your on-boarding process

7. Select the printer you installed, then open the Printer Options menu and click the information icon next to "Xerox Features"

8. Use the dropdown menu at the top to navigate to the Advanced tab. Then click the accounting button

9. Enter the accounting information. Uncheck "Print Time Prompt" and enter your printing code in the Default User ID box

   
   

   

   This is an image of the macOS Xerox printer “Accounting” settings window, showing Xerox Standard Accounting enabled with tracking for all jobs, options to mask the user ID and account ID, a masked default user ID field, and fields for default account type and account ID, with Cancel and OK buttons at the bottom.

10. Click Ok and navigate back to the main printing screen. Before you print, open your presets drop-down and “Save Current Settings as Preset.” Give it a name you will remember (eg. Bakar Labs). As long as you use this preset, you will not have to enter the printer code each time

    
    

    

    This is an image of a macOS print dialog showing the Presets drop-down menu expanded, with options including Default Settings, Last Used Settings, Save Current Settings as Preset, and Show Presets, with “Save Current Settings as Preset” highlighted.

How to Uninstall this Driver on an iOS device: 

https://www.support.xerox.com/en-us/article/KB0029341

Windows 10/11

Couple of videos for Windows installation that might help:

Windows Printer Set Up Video 1

Windows Printer Set Up Video 2

1. Scroll to “Xerox Global Printer Driver”

   1. Click “I agree to the Terms and Conditions” and "Download"

      This is an image of a Xerox support webpage displaying the V3 Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6 download page, showing the driver title and description, release date, version number, file size, filename, associated tags, a link to more details, a checkbox to agree to the Terms and Conditions, a Download button, and a link to the installation guide.

   2. Scroll to “V3 Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6”

   3. Click “I agree to the Terms and Conditions" and click "Download"
      

      
      

      

      This is an image of a Xerox support webpage displaying the V3 Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6 download page, showing the driver title and description, release date, version number, file size, filename, associated tags, a link to more details, a checkbox to agree to the Terms and Conditions, a Download button, and a link to the installation guide.

2. Save the file to a folder ("Downloads" by default), then right-click it and select "Extract All" to unzip

3. Go to “Settings” > “Devices” > “Printers and Scanners”

4. Select “Add new Printer” then “The printer that I want isn’t listed.” An “Add Printer” box will pop up

5. Select “Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname,” then click “Next"

   
   

   

   This is an image of the Windows “Add Printer” dialog showing the “Find a printer by other options” screen, with the radio button for “Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname” selected. Other options include finding an older printer, selecting a shared printer by name, adding a Bluetooth, wireless, or network-discoverable printer, or adding a local or network printer with manual settings, with Next and Cancel buttons at the bottom.

6. Enter the following information:

   1. Device type: Autodetect

   2. Hostname or IP address: 136.152.47.2

   3. Port name: 136.152.47.2 Bakar Labs

   4. Uncheck the box beside “Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use” and click "Next"                                                                            
      

      This is an image of the Windows “Add Printer” dialog showing the “Type a printer hostname or IP address” screen, with the device type set to Autodetect, the hostname or IP address field filled in as 136.152.47.2, the port name set to “136.152.47.2 Bakar Labs,” an unchecked option to query the printer automatically, and Next and Cancel buttons at the bottom.

7. On the next screen, select “Have Disk”                                                            

   This is an image of the Windows “Install the printer driver” dialog, showing a list of printer manufacturers on the left and available printers on the right, with Adobe selected as the manufacturer and two Adobe PDF Converter versions listed, along with a “Have Disk…” button for installing a driver manually.

8. Click "Browse" and select the Driver you downloaded and “unzipped”, then hit Okay

   

   This is an image of the Windows “Install From Disk” dialog, prompting the user to insert the manufacturer’s installation disk and select the correct driver location, with the “Copy manufacturer’s files from” field showing a PCL6 x64 Xerox driver file path, along with Browse, OK, and Cancel buttons.

9. Check the printer name reads "Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6" and select Finish                                  

   This is an image of the Windows “Add Printer” dialog showing the “Type a printer name” screen, with the printer name set to “Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6” and a message indicating that the printer will be installed using the Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6 driver.

10. If you are prompted to share the printer on the network, select "Do Not Share" and click Okay

    

    This is an image of the Windows “Add Printer” confirmation screen showing the message “You’ve successfully added Bakar Labs Xerox,” along with instructions to print a test page to verify the printer, and a “Print a test page” button displayed below the message.

11. The printer is now installed. To print you must use your company’s code.

12. If you have installed this on your personal computer, you can set the code to automatically send without prompting you each time you print:
    

    1. Go to "Printers & Scanners" and select the newly installed printer "Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6"

    2. Click on "Printer Properties and navigate to the "Configuration" tab

    3. Scroll down to the "Accounting" section and make sure "System" is "Xerox Standard Accounting"

    4. Change "Print-Time Prompt" to Disabled and enter your company's print code into the prompt that appears. This will save it so that you do not have to enter the code each time you want to print

This is an image of the Windows Xerox Global Print Driver PCL6 Properties window, showing the Configuration tab with the Accounting section expanded. Xerox Standard Accounting is selected as the system, Print-Time Prompt is set to Disabled, and options to store accounting codes are visible, allowing the print code to be saved so the user is not prompted each time they print.