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Instructions on how to install printers onto personal or Cornell computer devices. |
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Research Printers
- Most, if not all, research group printers are accessible from anywhere on campus. No VPN or special setup is required other than initial setup.
- The below instructions presume you are connected either through a wired campus network connection or via RedRover/Eduroam.
- Printing from a non-Cornell network (home, hotel, 3G/4G), requires the use of CUVPN
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Install and configure your print drivers
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See label on the printer for the printer name.
To install a group printer in Windows 7 and 8 (other Windows editions should be similar )
- Open Control Panel, Devices & Printers
- Click on "add a printer"
- Choose add a LOCAL printer
- Create a new port – standard TCP/IP
- Enter the printer name for the address
- See label on the printer for the printer name (please avoid using the IP address, especially since it can change!)
- Finish driver & printer installation by providing the driver as necessary and naming the printer something you prefer. In most cases, your computer will detect & install drivers.
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- You may want to install the most up-to-date drivers from Apple for your printer before installing (ex: see http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907 for HP printers or see http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1735 for Xerox printers )
- Open System Preferences and go to Printers and Scanners
- Click on the + sign to add a printer
- Click on the IP system
- Enter the printer name for the address
- See label on the printer for the name (please avoid using the IP address)
- Change the protocol to HP JetDirect Socket (even if the printer is not an HP printer)
- Leave the Queue empty, name and locate the printer something you prefer and will remember
- Correct the printer driver as necessary ( generic drivers may work, but may cause problems with pdf printing, duplexing, or color )
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