[Che-student-staff-list] Printing on VPS down late today.

[Harrington, Michael P]

Hi,

ECN is upgrading our Virtual Print Server (VPS) later today - this is the server that most (not all) of our print jobs go through.  If you use the VPS to print then you may not be able to print for about 45 minutes beginning at 4:45pm today.  If your printer Is connected directly to your computer then you will not be affected.

Once the server is back online if you are unable to print you may need to delete and re-add the printers you use on the VPS so the new drivers are installed.  

Only do the following if you are unable to print to your printers.

You can find the printers in your list by going to Start, Settings, Printers and Faxes.  If you need to delete the printer simply highlight the printer and delete it.  

To re-add a printer you should can follow these directions - please substitute VPS4 in place of VPS8

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/InstallingaVPSPrinter

Please also note that you should most likely NOT add any printer with a name ending in _ps.

If you find you are unable to print starting on Thursday and can't re-add the printers with the instructions provided, please send a note to cheq at ecn.purdue.edu - please do not reply to this message.

Thanks, Mike

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Mike Harrington
Computer Facilities Manager 
Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
765-494-6428
mph at purdue.edu