Saturday, 12 November 2016

Installation of network printer

There are following step to install a network printer:
Step 1
  • Please move your mouse to the right corner and you will see Search. Click it and search Control Panel.


Step 2
  • Go to Control Panel->Hardware and Sound page, and click Advanced printer setup.


Step 3
  • A window will pop out to search the printers automatically, please ignore it and click Next button.


Step 4
  • Please Select Add a Printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname, click Next.


Step 5
  • Please select Custom and click Settings.


Step 6
  • Please type the IP address of your Print Server in Host name or IP address. The print server’s IP should in same sub net with your router.
  • As default, the Protocol is Raw. You can keep it still or select LPR.
  • he two protocols support different printing languages. You can try one first, if can’t print, delete it and try another one.


Step 7
  • Select the correct driver for your printer. If you can’t find the model of your printer, please connect your printer to PC with USB cable and install the driver first than click next.


Step 8
  • Click next


Step 9
  • Click finish


  • Until now, you have finished the installation. You can find the newly added Printer on Control Panel-> Hardware and Sound-> Devices and Printers page.

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