Windows 7 printing via network

Home R2 Library Forums. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Networking. Sign in to vote. Hi all, I have recently done a deployment of approx 20 Windows 7 Pro Bit machines. There are 2 printers, both Kyoceras - a KX and a Taskalpha ci. The latest universal printing drivers have been used.

When the 20 machines were rolled out, the printing which was direct to the printer started to bog down and hang the machines until the print job was complete. This could take up to 20 minutes to render the job. A print servere was put in place running XP pro.

This solved the speed issues but would fall offline all the time and needed to reboot. Yesterday, the XP box was replaced by server to run as a print server. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Author Info Last Updated: June 4, Method 1. Obtain the name that has been given to the network printer. Contact your network administrator if you are unfamiliar with the name of the network printer you need to install. Click on the Start button or Windows logo from the bottom left-hand corner of your computer screen.

Select "Add a Printer" by clicking on it to bring up the Add Printer wizard. Click on the name of the printer you want to set up from the list of available printers that appear.

Click on "Install driver" if you are prompted to install the printer driver. You may be prompted to type in the administrator password if you are connected to a network.

Click on the "Finish" button to finish installing the printer and close the Add Printer wizard. Method 2. Go to the computer that your printer is physically plugged into.

Click on the Windows logo or Start button on the bottom of the computer screen. Type "homegroup" into the search field, which can be found in the upper-right corner of the Control Panel window. Click directly on "HomeGroup" when it appears in the search results.

You may also click on the "Share Printers" link within the HomeGroup section. Click on "Save changes. Walk over to the computer with which you want to share the printer. Click "Install driver" from the dialog box that appears if you need to install the current driver for your printer. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help.

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