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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Desktop Environments
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How do I add a network printer to my Windows PC?
If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you can add a network printers as follows: 1. Find the name or ip address of the printer you wish to add. The printers in room 331 are hp4600-316 (color), hp4300-316 (black-and-white), and lj6mp-316 (black-and-white). The color printers in the hallway next to room 444 are called qms3100-444 and hp2605-444. You can refer to them by name when adding them. The IP address for hp4300-316 is 150.135.109.237 The IP address for hp4600-316 is 150.135.110.8 2. Find the type of the printer you wish to add. Some popular public printers are: hp4300-316: HP LaserJet 4300 hp4600-316: HP Color LaserJet 4600 qms3100-444: Minolta Magicolor 3100 (the win xp printer driver is on LPL Computing Help PC Tools web site) hp2505-444: HP Color LaserJet 2605 To find the names/types of other network printers, look at the front of the printer, check the printer manual, or login to an lpl solaris machine (e.g., hindmost), and issue this command: "cat /etc/printers.conf". 3. Login to your PC as administrator or a user in the administrator group. 4. Add the printer using HP JetDirect, which comes pre-installed with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Click Start -> Settings -> Printers -> Add Printer. Click Next. Click Local printer. (Yes, you click "local" to add a network printer using HP JetDirect.) Unclick "look for plug-n-play device". (This is a rough paraphrase.) Click Create a new port. Click Standard TCP/IP port. Click Next. Type the printer name in first field. For hp4300-316, hp4600-316, and hp2200-525, enter the printer's IP address instead. The second field will fill in automatically. Click Next and wait a moment for the driver selection screen to come up. For hp4600-* and hp4300-316: Download the PS printer driver directory from the LPL FTP Site If you get an error when downloading the hp4600 drivers, you can safely ignore the error and proceed. click Have Disk, and Browse to the PS directory. Windows will find the .inf file it needs. For all other printers: Select the printer manufacturer (e.g., HP). Select the printer model, or the closest matching entry, with a PS at the end of the name.. For hp2200-525, use HP Laserjet 2100 Series PS as the printer model. Windows will find and load the correct printer driver, which is usually already on your pc. Click Next. Click No. Click Do not share. Click Yes. Click Finish. Click OK.
If you are running Windows NT, you can add a network printers as follows: 1. Find the name or ip address of the printer you wish to add. The printers in room 331 are called hp4600-316 and hp4300-316. The color printers in the hallway next to room 444 are called qms3100-444 and hp2605-444. You can refer to them by name when adding them, except hp4600-316 and hp4300-316. You need to refer to these two printers by their IP addresses instead of by their names when adding them. The IP address for hp4300-316 is 150.135.109.237 . The IP address for hp4600-316 is 150.135.110.8 . 2. Find the type of the printer you wish to add. Some popular public printers are: lj6mp-316 : HP LaserJet 6MP hp2605-444 : HP Color LaserJet 2605 hp4300-316: HP LaserJet in room 331 hp4600-316: HP Color LaserJet in room 331 To find the names/types of other network printers, look at the front of the printer, check the printer manual, or login to an lpl solaris machine (e.g., hindmost), and issue this command: "cat /etc/printers.conf". 3. Login to your PC as administrator or a user in the administrator group. 4. Add the printer using the add printer wizard detailed below: Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panels Double Click Printers -> Add Printer Click Next Add port ( select "HP JetDirect port" ) Click "New Port" Click the radio button next to "Easy Setup" Click Next Click the radio button next to TCP/IP address Fill in the printers TCP/IP address in the fields. For hp4600-* and hp4300-316: Download the PS printer driver directory from the LPL FTP Site click Have Disk, and Browse to the PS directory. Windows will find the .inf file it needs. For all other printers: Click on "HP" in the Manufacturer List Next Select the appropriate driver in the printer list: If the printer is a color printer then select "HP Color LaserJet-PS" If the printer is black and white then select "HP LaserJet" Select Next Enter a descriptive printer name, then click next Use the default settings and hit next until the printer is installed.
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