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Printer setup on Windows 10

Instructions to ADD new EECS Network Printer:

  1. Connect to your EECS home directory:
     Click Start -> Run -> type \\pcserver1\homes -> 
    Login using
    
    Username: eecsyorkuca\username
    Password" (EECS password) 
    
    then press Enter 
  2. Copy to desktop and run the printer port registry file located (Admin priv): (say yes to import registry)
     \\pcserver1\research-download\eecs-prt-drivers\ports.reg
  3. Choose the correct printer model from the list (based on the print queue) and copy the Windows driver path.
    https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:printers:printers:start
  4. Connect to shared printer:
     Click Start -> Run -> 
    \\pcserver1\<printer queue name> (eg. \\pcserver1\prt2-col).
  5. Prompt will say that “No driver found”.
     Click OK -> Have Disk -> Paste the driver path from Step 3. Click OK.
  6. Choose the printer make and model and Click OK.
  7. Restart computer

Instructions to UPDATE driver for EECS Network Printer:

  1. Connect to your EECS home directory:
     Click Start -> Run -> 
    \\pcserver1\homes -> 
    Login using
    
    Username: eecsyorkuca\username
    Password" (EECS password) 
    
    then press Enter 
  2. Copy to desktop and run the printer port registry file located (Admin priv): (say yes to import registry)
     \\pcserver1\research-download\eecs-prt-drivers\ports.reg
  3. Choose the correct printer model from the list (based on the print queue) and copy the driver path.
    https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/printers:printers:start
  4. Edit printer properties:
    Click Start -> type/choose "Printers and scanners" then Enter
    Click on Printer queue name (eg. prt2-col) -> Click "Manage" -> Click "Printer Properties"->
    Click "Advance" tab -> New Driver -> Next -> Have Disk -> 
    Paste the driver path from Step 3. Click OK. ->
    Choose the printer make and model and Click OK. 
  5. Restart computer
services/printers/print-win10.1647520539.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/03/17 08:35 by jas

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