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Printer Setup on Windows 7

Instructions to add new EECS Network Printer:

  1. Connect to your EECS home directory:
     Click Start -> Run -> type \\pcserver1\homes -> 
    Enter EECS username/ password and 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/printers:printers:start
  4. Connect to shared printer:
     Click Start -> Run -> 
    \\pcserver1, double click the Printer queue name that you like to add (eg. 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 -> Enter EECS username/ password and 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 "Devices and Printer" then Enter
    Right click on Printer queue name (eg. prt2-col) -> choose "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-win7.txt · Last modified: 2022/04/05 08:09 by jas

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