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The Manual for Setting up Printers on Ford Center (For those who HAVE CS accounts)

1. open Windows file explore 2. in address bar, type \\home2 3. enter your username and password, (use username@cs format for user name if needed) 4. right click the printer and select connect

(For those who do NOT HAVE CS accounts)


The following step-by-step instructions show how to add a UNIX printer queue to a PC running Windows 2000 or XP. 1. Click Start->Settings->Printers

2. Double-click on the Add Printer icon

3. From the Add Printer Wizard, click Next>

4. Select the radio button Local Printer Uncheck the selection: Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play Printer, then click Next>

5. Select the radio button Create a New Port Under Type, select Standard TCP/IP Port then click Next>

6. From the Add TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard click Next>

7. Enter printer name or IP address. (Port name will be filled-in automatically.) The url of the printer on the 2nd and 3rd floors are pp9100-fdc-2n.cs.northwestern.edu and pp9100-fdc-3n.cs.northwestern.edu, respectively. Click Next> to continue

8. For Device Type, select Standard Leave the Generic Network Card as the default

Click Next>

9. Search for the appropriate arinter arivers based on the printer manufacturer (e.g., HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL). The following pictures are for HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL. Actually, the printers on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Ford Center are PagePro 9100 PPDs. So you need to download the corresponding drivers from the following URLs: http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/CFS/drivers/pagepro9100/setup.inf http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/CFS/drivers/pagepro9100/KM9100N P.ppd

10. Name the printer or leave the default name

11. Select Do not share Printer option and click Next>

12. Select not to print test page (there is more that needs to be configured before printing) and click Next>

13. Click Finish to install the printer drivers

Note that the manual is copied from


http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/CFS/FAQ/Win-AddPrinter.html and a little changes are made.

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