Setting Up a Printer

Install a new local printer with the Add Printer Wizard

INSTRUCTIONS: In the event you printer's driver software is already included in Windows XP and you are using a USB cable to connect the printer to the computer, you will not need to do anything to load the printer. On the other hand if your printer software is not included in Windows XP or you are using a parallel printer cable then you will have to load the printer software manually.

1. Click the "Start" button on the Windows taskbar
2. Click "Settings" then select "Control Panel" on the drop down menu.
3. Double-click the "Printers and Faxes" icon.

If you have selected the USB cable and a printer with a driver available your printer may already be installed.

4. Click the "Add a Printer" hyperlink in the Printer Task window to start the Add Printer Wizard.
5. Click the "Next" button, or press Enter to advance to the Local Printer or Printer Connection dialog box.
6. Make sure that the Add Printer Wizard selects the "Local Printer attached to this computer" radio button
7. Unselect the "Automatically Detect and Install my Plug and Play Printer" check box beneath this radio button
8. Click the "Next" button.
9. Select the port for the printer to use in the "Use the Following Port:" drop-down list box in the Select a Printer Port dialog box
10. Click the Next button.
11. Click the manufacturer of the printer in the Manufacturers list box of the Install Printer Software dialog box.
12. Click the model of the printer in the Printers list box of the Install Printer Software dialog box.
13. Place the software CD in the CD-ROM drive
14. click the Have Disk button
15. Select the drive that contains this disk in the Copy Manufacturer's Files drop-down list box
16. click OK.
17. Click the Next button to advance to the Name Your Printer dialog box.
18. Type "Printer" in the Printer Name text box.
19. Leave the Yes radio button selected beneath the heading, "Do you want your Windows-based programs to use this printer as the default printer?"
20. Click the Next button to advance to the Printer Sharing dialog box.
21. Do not share this printer with other users on the network!!
22. Click "Next"
23. To print a test page from your newly installed printer, click the Yes radio button selected beneath the heading, "Would you like to print a test page? in the Print Test Page dialog box."
24. Click the Next button to advance to the Completing the Add Printer Wizard dialog box.
25. click the "Finish" button.

Using the Add Printer Wizard to install a printer that's available through the Network

INSTRUCTIONS: There is an automated script that determines the printers that are close to your computer; you may ,however, need to select a different printer.

1. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar.
2. Click Control Panel on the right side of the Start menu.
3. Double-click the Printers and Faxes icon.
4. Click the Add a Printer hyperlink in the Printer Task window to start the Add Printer Wizard.
5. Click the "Next" button.
6. Click the "A Network Printer or a Printer Attached to Another Computer radio button" in the Local or Network Printer dialog box.
7. Click the "Next" button.
8. Select the "Find a printer in the directory" radio button.
9. Click the "Next" button.
10. Type the letter of your campus in the "Name:" text box (h=high school,j=junior high,e=elementary) in the Find Printers dialog box.
11. Click the "Find Now" button.
12. Locate and Click the Name of the printer from the results box.
13. Click the "OK" button to advance the Default Printer dialog box.
14. If you want to make the printer that you're installing the default printer, leave the Yes radio button selected beneath the heading, "Do you want your Windows-based programs to use this printer as the default printer?" Otherwise select No.
15. Click the "Next" button to advance to the Completing the Add Printer Wizard dialog box.
16. Click the Finish button.