How Do I Print to Office Copier/Printer?

Please Note: You will have 24 hours to retrieve/release your document from the printer before it is automatically deleted.

PERRY proTECH printers

Users can access and release prints from PERRY proTECH devices using one of the following methods:

1. Login with your BGSU username and password by tapping the screen and selecting Username and password. 
2. Select ID Number and enter your BGSU Office Printer PIN.
   1. Instructions for creating a BGSU Office Printer PIN are available in our BGSU Office Printer PIN (Create/Change/Access Printer) article. 
3. Swipe your BGSU ID card.

The steps below are for university-owned, Windows computers in which you are the primary user. To install a printer and/or send a print job, you must be connected to Eduroam or the wired network while on campus, or connected to the BGSU VPN while off-campus.

If you receive a prompt for administrator login when attempting to install the printer, please contact ITS.

PERRY proTECH Printer Installation Instructions

Option One

1. Obtain printer name from department contact.*
2. In the Windows Search box type \\bgsuprint.bgsu.edu\ and press enter
3. Scroll through the listing and select the printer name. 
4. The printer installation will begin.
5. Once the installation dialog box disappears and finishes running, the printer is ready to use.
6. Test Printing - For each printer added, you may wish to attempt to print a job to verify setup is functional:
   1. Test prints must be completed with a BGSU user logged in, not a local account.  
   2. Do not test any print job that has sensitive data.

Option Two

1. Obtain printer name from department contact.*
2. Open the Run box by holding Windows Key + R.
3. Type \\bgsuprint.bgsu.edu into the Run box.
4. Select OK.
5. Scroll through the listing and select the printer name. 
6. The printer installation will begin.
7. Once the installation dialog box disappears and finishes running, the printer is ready to use.
8. Test Printing - For each printer added, you may wish to attempt to print a job to verify setup is functional:
   1. Test prints must be completed with a BGSU user logged in, not a local account.  
   2. Do not test any print job that has sensitive data.

* If you are unable to obtain the printer name from your department contact, please contact ITS and have the associated PERRY proTECH  contract number of the printer (located on the device's PERRY proTECH sticker) readily available.

You can use your University-owned device to print to a BGSU office printer from a remote location by following these steps:

1. Connect your University device to the BGSU VPN.
2. Open the document you would like to print.
3. Open the Print window and select the printer to which you would like to print the document.
   • If you do not see the University printer you would like to use, you may add it using the steps in the above panels labeled "Install Printer on Windows Office Computer" and "Install Printer on Apple Office Computer". 
4. Select Print to print the document.
5. Your printed documents should now be available for pickup at the University printer you selected.

Please Note: You will have 24 hours to retrieve/release your document from the printer before it is automatically deleted. Instructions for releasing a print are available in the "Access a BGSU Office Printer/Copier / Release Prints*" panel.