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.
Install and configure your print drivers
These instructions should work in most cases. Some printers may require driver download from manufacturer and manual installation.
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.
To install a group printer in Mac OS X (editions of Mac OS X might have slightly different wording )
- 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 )
If you have any questions, problems, or concerns on connecting to your group’s servers and/or printers, please first attempt to work with your group’s computer person and when necessary, please contact Chemistry IT at ChemIT@cornell.edu or stop by 250 Baker Lab for assistance.