Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Adding network printers quickly

The quickest way to add a network printer to your printers is to locate it in your network places and double click it.
You will need to know the local domain name and server name, or if on a peer to peer network the work group and the pc name of the pc that the printer is attached to.

Open My Computer (Windows Key + E), Open My Network Places by clicking the plus, then Entire Network, then Microsoft Windows Network. Now locate the Domain or Workgroup and open it, then find the server or PC name and open it. After all the shared drives will be a folder called Printers. Click on this and in the right hand side you will be able to see all the shared printers.
Simply double click any printer you want to add.
This method is a heck of a lot faster than using the wizard to add a printer and then browsing the network.


Posted by: Jethro | 6:45 PM |