In terms of Internet filtering, the College ChromeBooks need to work differently to how the Windows computers work.  This is because you log onto a Chromebook with a Google Chrome account, and not a College network account.

As our Smoothwall filtering system doesn’t recognise this Google account in the same way as it would a Windows account, it assigns a baseline level of Internet filtering to you.  This may prevent you accessing some sites on a Chromebook that would otherwise be accessible to you on a Windows computer.

To ensure you receive the right level of Internet filtering when using a Chromebook, follow the steps below.  You will only need to follow these steps once.

1)  When you logon to a Chromebook, click on the second tab in Chrome.  A Smoothwall Authentication with Google is shown.  Click on the red G+ Sign in button in the top right corner of the page.

2)  A new Request for Permission window opens.  Click on the blue Allow button.

3)  A confirmation page is then shown, confirming the process is complete and you’ll now receive the same level of filtering on the ChromeBooks as on a Windows PC.

The ChromeBooks print to the same FollowYou print system to which the Windows PCs do.  Printing from a Chromebook and releasing your printout from the College printers is a very similar process to doing so on a College Windows PC.

From the Chrome menu, select PRINT.

The Chrome Print dialogue menu will appear.  Click on the CHANGE button, to choose a printer to print to.

The list of currently available printers will be listed.  The first time you try to print this list will likely be blank and you’ll be offered access to two shared printers.  Accept both of these.

Selecting FollowYou Mono will send your print job in black and white.  Selecting FollowYou Colour allows you to choose colour as a print option before sending the job.  As with the Windows PCs, anything not specifically requested as colour job will be sent as a mono job.

Once you’ve chosen your desire printer click on the blue print button and your job will be sent to the College print system.

To collect your print job from a College printer, login to the printer using your Print/ID card, or be using your College network username and password if you don’t have a card, in the same way as if you were collecting a print job set from a College Windows PC.