Network Printing:Windows Style!

Compiled by: Daniel Tse, Ravi Grewal, Ryan Malay, Lucas Ngo, Mike Phan, Dave Wakulchyk

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Computer labs are often full and you're forced to go to another lab in CEB-only this lab doesn't have a printer (i.e. CEB 342). Now, thanks to MS Windows, and the network you can print your documents, datasheets, code, etc. in a lab different from the one you're working in.

Network Printers:

Since all the computers are hooked up onto a network, Windows makes it easy to print to any printers hooked up on the MS Windows portion of the network. That means that any computer you can print to any lab with a MS Windows interface on its computers.

Instructions

First, open up Control Panel on Windows and double click on Printers.

Double click on 'Add Printer' Icon and Make sure Network printer server is selected and click Next
Select a printer and consequently the lab you want to print in and click OK.

Let Windows change the proper settings and you can choose if you want to make it the default printer.
Click Finish and you're almost done!
Before you print the first time, you may want to make sure that either: your printer is set to as the Default printer by right-clicking over the printer OR
Under the Print window in any Windows program, select the printer that you want to send your document to.