Printing with FollowMePrint for Students

Summary

FollowMePrint with PaperCut allows you to print to a single, virtual print queue from your device and then release your job at any available Winona State student printer by scanning the QR code on the printer or logging into the PaperCut website. Each student printer will have a QR code and the name of the printer listed on the printer. Students need to be on the Winona State Campus networks (WSU, WSU-Device, WSU-User, or Warrior) on their laptop and their phone to use the printers and release print jobs. 

Information Applies to

Current Students

Accessing PaperCut

All computers given out after summer of 2023 will already have the PaperCut service installed on the machine. This program isn't a program you can search for on your machine, follow the steps below to access PaperCut.  For the FollowMePrint printer to show up on your laptop, you must be signed into the PaperCut service.

Steps to access PaperCut on a PC computer

1. Select the carrot "^" on the taskbar, near the bottom right corner by the date and time. 
2. Select the green printer icon.  
3. Select "View my printers." 

Steps to access PaperCut on a Mac computer

1. Select the green printer icon, located on right side of the menu bar by the date and time.  
2. Select "View my printers." 

Sign In to PaperCut

1. Sign In:

• Username: your StarID@winona.edu 
• Password: your StarID password 

2. Select the check box to check "Don't show me this again" 
3. Select the "Sign in and add printers" button to sign in. 

Printing

If you don't see the FollowMePrint Printer, sign into the Client with your StarID and StarID Password using the above steps provided in sections Access PaperCut and Sign In To PaperCut in this article. 

1. Choose the FollowMePrint as your printer in the application you are using. The image below shows how it will look on the left for PC users and right is what a Mac user will see. 

2. Release your print job in one of two ways:

Releasing Print Job(s) Using QR Code

• Scan the code on the front of the printer with your phone. 
• Enter your StarId@winona.edu and StarID password. 
• Your print job(s) should appear in list here and you can select release at the bottom for your print.

Note: Your phone must be connected to one of the campus wireless networks.   

Releasing Print Jobs Using Browser

• On a browser, go to https://paper.winona.edu:9192/user
• Login using your StarID@winona.edu and StarID password
• Select on Jobs Pending Release on the left side of this screen
• Select print.
• Choose the printer you want to print to.
• Select Release All, then OK and your print jobs will be released.  

Installing FollowMePrint

The FollowMePrint service has both a local desktop client and a web-based version you can use from both on campus and off. The following directions explain how to download the local desktop version and how to access the web instance of FollowMePrint.  

Downloading the Desktop Client to Your Laptop

1. Download the PaperCut Print Deploy Client for your laptop.

• For PC/Windows computers
• For Macs

2. Once you have the client installed, sign in to the Client with your StarID and StarID password.

3. The FollowMePrint print queue will be installed automatically.

4. Typically on a Mac you will need to log in with your StarID and StarID password, but PC users may not have to at this point.

Accessing FollowMePrint Website

1. Go to FollowMePrint and log in with your StarID and password.

2. Here you will be able to your print balance and your recent print jobs.

3. Your print jobs will stay in the queue for two hours. After two hours, you will need to print the documents again.

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Report an issue with Printing

Need additional information or assistance?

• Contact WSU Tech Support at techsupport@winona.edu or call 507.457.5240, option 1.
• Contact WSU TLT by email, phone (507.457.5240, option 3), or Zoom.
• Visit the Digital Learning Commons in Library 105.