Installing a Network Printer
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University Technology supports the networking of laser printers for faculty and staff departments on campus. We recommend that departments purchase and maintain at least one networked laser printer for lower per page costs, speed, print quality, archiving, and printer availability when local office or desktop printers fail. Departments are responsible for costs of supplies, paper, and repair and replacement of laser printers out of their departmental office supply budgets. By default, network printers are installed to be available to all users in a department and access can be managed and given to other departments or students as well. |
Installing a network printer in Windows XP Professional
| 1. Click the Start button and go to Printers and Faxes |  |
| 2. Click on the option to Add a printer |  |
| 3. The Add Printer Wizard will appear on the screen. Click Next |  |
| 4. Click on network printer and click Next |  |
| 5. Click on the second option, "connect to this printer (or to browse for a printer...)" and click Next |  |
| 6. Click the Browse button |  |
| 7. Open up the ad folder, then double click on the folder Drew |  |
| 8. Double click on the department; lib for example, then click ok |  |
| 9. The line after In should have the department you just clicked on. Now click on the find now button. |  |
| 10. Double click on the printer which you want to be installed. |  |
| 11. You might get the message displayed to the left, depending on the printer. If you do, click "Continue anyway" and the installation will proceed. |  |
| 12. The necessary files will now be transferred to your computer. |  |
| 13. If you want this printer to be your default printer, click yes then click next. A default printer is the printer that a program, such as Microsoft Word, will pick first when you send a document to print. |  |
| 14. Windows will give you a summary of what was installed. Click finish. |  |
| 15. The newly installed printer will now be displayed in the original Printers and Faxes window. The default printer will have a black checkmark by it. The most recently installed printer will be listed first. |  |