E200

E200 is the largest of the Scott Lab computing facilities wth 57 seats.  There are two monochrome laser printers and one color laser printer.  E200 may be reserved for academic instruction, and has two large, ceiling-mounted projection screens.

E203

E203, sponsored by Emerson Climate Technologies, has 23 seats, two monochrome laser printers and one color laser printer.  This is a group computing lab were multiple users work as a team on a computer. 

E205

Room E205 has 21 seats, one of which is placed in front as an instructor's station.  Also present are a wall-mounted rectractable projection screen and two whiteboards.  This room may be reserved for academic instruction.

E225

E225 has 34 seats, four of which have document scanners attached.  There are two monochrome laser printers and one color laser printer.

N151

W260

How to print to Z2100hpgl plotter (Heavy Duty Coated Paper)

Plots from the DesignJet z2100 are rated to last 200 years.  Plots cost $2 per linear foot with a $6 minimum charge for Mechanical Engineering students, and $4 per linear foot with a $12 minimum for non-Mechanical Engineering students.  The roll is 36" wide with Arch D and Arch E sizes supported.  Custom plot sizes are possible but not supported, do so at your own risk.  There will be no refunds for custom prints that do not turn out correctly.  Staff will not be available to assist in printing custom sizes.

Please select the scale to paper, sometimes called shrink to printable area, option within your program.

To print properly from the djz2100 plotter, set settings in “Paper/Quality” and “Features” tabs to the settings marked below with large red arrows. Once you select your document size, check under the “Features” tab to ensure that the page is rotated optimally to take up as little paper as possible.

How to print to Z3100ps plotter (Instant Dry Photo Gloss Paper)

Plots from the DesignJet 3100 are rated to last 200 years.  Plots cost $4 per linear foot with a $12 minimum charge for Mechanical Engineering students, and $8 per linear foot with a $24 minimum for non-Mechanical Engineering students.  The roll is 36" wide with Arch D and Arch E sizes supported.  Custom plot sizes are possible but not supported, do so at your own risk.  There will be no refunds for custom prints that do not turn out correctly.  Staff will not be available to assist in printing custom sizes.

Please select the scale to paper, sometimes called shrink to printable area, option within your program.

To print properly from the djz3100 plotter, set settings in “Paper/Quality” and “Features” tabs to the settings marked below with large red arrows. Change: Please set the paper type to Any.  Once you select your document size, check under the “Features” tab to ensure that the page is rotated optimally to take up as little paper as possible.

Microsoft Office Documents with Equation Editor 2007 (Print Issue)

1)   Select the drop down menu for printers.  Your default printer will be set to:

e(Room#)pcl

In order to print a word 2007 document with Microsoft Equation Editor 2007 (without saving the file as a 97-2003 document and converting the equations to images) you can select the drop down menu and select the post-script process (e200ps instead of e200pcl).  This is shown above in the main print window from Microsoft Word 2007.  This correlates to the following:

e(Room#)ps

2)   Your window should now appear as shown above.  The pcl printers will print random characters when using Microsoft equation editor 2007.

Accessing Z:\ Drive from personal PC

Accessing Your Home Directory Remotely

1. Go to www.osusls.osu.edu and choose the tab for the operating system you are running (Windows or Macintosh).

2. Select the Cisco VPN Client V5.0.01 for Windows, or CiscoVPN Client V4.9.01 for Mac. Click the download link on the right-hand column.

3. Click on the “connect to software server to download Cisco VPN client for windows” and enter your OSU username and password. Download the VPN client.

4. Locate the downloaded file and unzip to a known folder.

5. To install the VPN client, Click 'next.'

6. Check the “I accept the license agreement” box. Click 'next.'

7. Select a folder for installation or leave the default folder by clicking ‘next.’

8. Click ‘next.’

9. Installation should now begin. Installation is complete when progress bar is full.

10. If this box appears, Select ‘Continue Anyway’ to continue installation (directions from OIT).

11. Restart your computer to finish installation.

12. Load the VPN client software by going to start menu / all programs / Cisco. Once this screen appears, double click on OSUnet.

13. Enter your OSU username and password in the box that appears.

14. Open windows explorer by pressing the windows key and E, or by accessing it through the start menu / my computer. Paste this into the command bar at the top: \\fc1student.mecheng.ohio-state.edu\student\username.## You MUST be in windows explorer, as this does not work in internet explorer. 

15. Once step 14 is completed, a dialogue box should appear. Enter ‘mecheng\’ before your username. Then enter your username as shown. Finally, this is where you enter your mechanical engineering lab password. You are now logged in remotely.

16. To map your network drive, go back to windows explorer and click on tools at the top. Choose ‘Map Network Drive.’

17. In the folder box enter \\fc1student.mecheng.ohio-state.edu\student\username.## from step 14, where username is your OSU dot name. Click finish and this drive will appear in windows explorer every time. In order to reconnect, you must always be connected to the Cisco VPN client first, and then you can click on the mapped drive and enter your password to reconnect.

Note:  If you want to map the S: share drive please use \\fc1fs.mecheng.ohio-state.edu\share in place of the address above.

 

Printing from Laptop / Remotely

When accessing your Z:\ drive remotely with Cisco VPN, paste this link into windows explorer: 

\\mgr7.scl.mecheng.ohio-state.edu

More instructions coming soon.. .. .. 

Shared folders for Group Projects

1)    Create a folder in the root directory of a user's Z:\ drive and name it anything.  In this example, we will use the name "Test Folder."  After creating the folder, right click on the folder and go to "Properties."  In order for the security tab to appear, you must do this from an ME Lab computer.

2)     After opening properties, you should be on the general tab.  Click on the "Security" tab and observe.  Click on the "add" button to add folder access to the users you want to give access to.

3)    At this screen, type in the user names you want to give access to.  Click on "Check Names" and it will list all possible matches if more than one username is found with the same last name.  Add as many users and you need to give access to.

4)    This figure displays the result of pressing "Check names."  Only one unique name was found for this example.  Continue on after adding all the people you need to give access to.

5)   At the security tab you will now notice the usernames you gave access to.  To finish giving them rights to add / modify files in the folder, check the "modify" button and the "write" access should be granted as well.

6)    This figure demonstrates what was described in step 5).  You need to repeat step 4 for each user added.  After finishing steps 1-5, all added users will now have access to read / write in that folder.  The space used in this folder counts towards the founding users Z:\ drive space quota (20 GB). 

7)    If using remote access (Cisco VPN on personal PC), log in to your Z:\ drive.  If you are using the lab computers, ignore this step.  You can log in by using the following address in your windows explorer address bar (will not work with Internet Explorer or Mozilla):

\\fc1student.mecheng.ohio-state.edu\student\username.##

After you log in to your Z:\ drive successfully, use the following path (as with our example) to access the shared folder.  You must use the "fs1" address in order to access the shared folder remotely.

\\fc1student.mecheng.ohio-state.edu\student\username.##\Test Folder

You can map this as a network drive so it appears in windows explorer as a permanent network drive.  Follow the directions here for instructions on setting up remote VPN and mapping a network drive.

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