Services

Adding A Network Printer From PrinterLogic

Use this document to connect and configure network printers on your Windows or MacOS workstation.

If you require any assistance, please call the Service Desk at 907-450-8300, or submit a request at service.alaska.edu.

Navigate to PrinterLogic using preferred internet browser

  1. Open internet browser of your choice. Chrome is recommended for both Windows and MacOS workstations.
  2. Navigate to the PrinterLogic website.
  3. It may prompt you to install a browser extension, if it does click install and proceed with the installation process.
  4. It may prompt you to install a client for your computer, if it does click install and proceed with the installation process.
  5. If it prompts for a login, enter your UA username and password.

Find and install your printer

  1. All Campus network printers should be listed in Printer Logic. If your printer is not listed, or is listed incorrectly, contact the NTS Service Desk or navigate to service.alaska.edu and submit a request to have it added or corrected.
  2. Search or browse to find the printer you wish to add. Printers are organized by Building, Room, Make and Model.
  3. Click on the printer to start the installation.
  4. A progress window will show the status of the connection process.
  5. Congratulations! Your computer is now configured to use the network printer.

Configure Account Track, if your printer requires it.

Windows

  1. Open Settings from the start menu.
  2. On Windows 11, select Bluetooth & devices. On Windows 10, select devices.
  3. Select Printers & Scanners.
  4. Select the printer that requires Account Track.
  5. Select Printing Preferences.
  6. Go to the “Basic” tab, click “Authentication/Account Track...”
  7. Under “Account Track”
    1. Enter your department's code used for the printer
    2. Department name is not needed
    3. Then select OK > Apply > OK

Mac OS

  1. Open Microsoft Word.
  2. Create a new blank document and navigate to the print menu. Select the printer to configure.
  3. On the dropdown below “Presets” (default is “Copies & Pages”), set this to “Output Method”. If “Output Method” is not present in the dropdown menu, contact the NTS Service Desk to update the printer configuration.
  4. Check “Account Track”. Enter the copy code used by your workgroup under “password”. The department name is not needed. Click “OK”.
  5. Click the “Presets” dropdown, select “Save Current Settings as Preset...”
  6. Name this “Account Track”. Select the “Preset Available for only this printer”.
  7. You can now print using the built-in print system dialog from any application using this preset.