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====== Install a network printer on Windows 7 ====== | ====== Install a network printer on Windows 7 ====== | ||
+ | Requirements: | ||
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+ | * your ZEDAT login and password (if not on a computer in the IMP domain) | ||
+ | * the name of the printer you want to connect to | ||
+ | * the following instructions will only work from a computer in either the physics department network or from WLAN (eduroam) | ||
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+ | 1) Open a windows explorer and type **\\wprint.imp.fu-berlin.de** into the location field: | ||
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+ | 1b) If you are not on an IMP computer, you will most likely be asked for your ZEDAT account and password at this point. Make sure you type **FU-BERLIN\** in front of your ZEDAT account name: | ||
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+ | 2) In the list of printers locate your printer and double-click it (or choose **Open** from the context menu): | ||
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+ | 3) You should see a progress bar informing you about driver installation: | ||
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+ | 4) When the printer status window appears choose **Printer -> Properties** (Drucker -> Einstellungen): | ||
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+ | 5) On the Properties page you find a **Print Test Page** button. Click it. | ||
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+ | 6) Now you should see the following information window and a Windows test page should be printed by your printer: | ||
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+ | ====== Remove unused printers ====== | ||
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+ | Once you installed a new network printer, be sure to remove old and no longer used printers from your computer: | ||
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+ | 1) Select **Devices and Printers** from the Start menu: | ||
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+ | 2) Select the printer you want to remove and choose **Remove device** from the context menu: | ||
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+ | 3) Approve removal of the printer: | ||
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+ | 4) If needed, choose the right printer as default printer by selecting **Set as default printer** from the context menu: | ||
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print/win7.txt · Last modified: 2011/10/05 12:49 by dreger