A Guide to Adding Printers to Your Windows Account

This guide will allow you to gain access to printers in ME 308 through your Windows account. After completing the following steps you will be able to sends prints from a windows machine to any of the printers located in ME 308.

  1. Go to Start → Settings → Printers and Faxes

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  2. In the Printers and Faxes window click Add a printer

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  3. When the Add Printers Wizard window appears click on the Next button. The wizard will then prompt you to select either a network or local printer. The only choice is Network so do not change anything and click the Next button.

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  4. You should now see options to search for a printer. Select the radio button labeled Connect to this printer... and the press the Next button without filling in the text box.

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  5. You will now locate the printer you would like to add to your account. You should see a selection box with names of the different print servers in IT Labs. Double click the LIGHTHOUSE server icon and proceed to Step 6.

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  6. Once the list of printers in LIGHTHOUSE appears, scroll down and select NC-ME308, this is the black & white printer. Once the correct printer is selected click the Next button.

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  7. The wizard will now ask you to choose if you would like to make the printer you just selected you default printer. (Your default printer is the one that is automatically selected when you print any document.) Make your selection and click the Next button.
  8. The wizard should now display a screen entitled Completing the Add Printer Wizard. Press the Finish button and the printer you selected should appear in the Printers and Faxes window.

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Repeat steps 2 thru 8, but add NC-ME308-Color instead of NC-ME308. You should now be ready to print either color or black & white documents in ME 308 from any of the Windows machines located within.