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==Add by Print Server and Queue==
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The second way to add a printer still makes use of the Add Printer Wizard, but you will use a different option, and you must know the name of the printer you wish to use.  '''Use this method if you are using a personal machine or if you are on the older ECEW2K domain.'''  Due to minor differences between Windows XP and Vista, we have included a guide for both versions of this process.
  
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The second way to add a printer still makes use of the Add Printer Wizard, but you will use a different option, and you must know the name of the printer you wish to use.  '''Use this method if you are using a personal machine or if you are on the older ECEW2K domain.'''
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==Under Windows XP==
  
 
====Step 1 - Starting the Add Printer Wizard====
 
====Step 1 - Starting the Add Printer Wizard====
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To start the Add Printer wizard, click on the Start button, then click on Printers and Faxes.  If Printers and Faxes is not available on the Start Menu, click on Control Panel, then on Printers and Faxes.  
 
To start the Add Printer wizard, click on the Start button, then click on Printers and Faxes.  If Printers and Faxes is not available on the Start Menu, click on Control Panel, then on Printers and Faxes.  
  
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Click on ''Figure 1'' in the gallery below to see the Printers and Faxes window.  Once this opens, click on "Add a Printer" in the upper-left.  Click '''NEXT''' to proceed to the Local or Network Printer page.  Choose the second option, "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer", and hit '''NEXT''' to proceed to the next step.
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<TR><TD>[[Image:newxpadd.jpg|thumb|450px|'''Figure 1 - Opening the Printer Wizard''']]
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====Step 2 - Enter in the Print Server and Queue====
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Once this opens, click on "Add a Printer" in the upper-left, as shown in ''Figure 1''.  Click '''NEXT''' to proceed to the Local or Network Printer page.  Choose the second option, "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer", and hit '''NEXT''' to proceed to the next step.
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====Step 2 - Enter in the Print Server and Printer Name====
  
 
You should now be looking at the Specify a Printer page.  Make sure the second option, "Connect to this printer", is chosen and click in the blank.  You must fill in this blank with the print server and the queue of the printer that you wish to use.  The print server is '''eceprint.ece.ncsu.edu''', and the queue is the name of the printer.  Fill in the blank in the following format:
 
You should now be looking at the Specify a Printer page.  Make sure the second option, "Connect to this printer", is chosen and click in the blank.  You must fill in this blank with the print server and the queue of the printer that you wish to use.  The print server is '''eceprint.ece.ncsu.edu''', and the queue is the name of the printer.  Fill in the blank in the following format:
  
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   \\eceprint.ece.ncsu.edu\<queue_name>
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   \\eceprint.ece.ncsu.edu\<printer's name>
  
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''Figure 2'' in the gallery below shows an example where we are connecting to the printer HIPPOGRIFF.  As you can see, we have entered "\\eceprint.ece.ncsu.edu\hippogriff" in the blank.  Once you have filled in the blank, click '''NEXT''' to proceed to the next step.
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''Figure 2'' shows an example where we are connecting to the printer HIPPOGRIFF.  As you can see, we have entered "\\eceprint.ece.ncsu.edu\hippogriff" in the blank.  Once you have filled in the blank, click '''NEXT''' to proceed to the next step.
  
 
====Step 3 - Authenticate to the Print Server====
 
====Step 3 - Authenticate to the Print Server====
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* If you are adding a printer from an ECEW2K-domained computer, enter your username as <pre>WOLFTECH\username</pre>
 
* If you are adding a printer from an ECEW2K-domained computer, enter your username as <pre>WOLFTECH\username</pre>
 
* If you are adding a printer from a personal machine, enter your username as <pre>wolftech.ad.ncsu.edu\username</pre>
 
* If you are adding a printer from a personal machine, enter your username as <pre>wolftech.ad.ncsu.edu\username</pre>
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<TR><TD>[[Image:P-login.jpg|thumb|450px|'''Figure 3 - Entering Your Login Information''']]
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''Figure 3'' shows an example of the login prompt and how to enter your username and password.  After you have entered your username and password, click OK and the computer will attempt to add the printer.
 
''Figure 3'' shows an example of the login prompt and how to enter your username and password.  After you have entered your username and password, click OK and the computer will attempt to add the printer.
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image:P-start.jpg|Fig 1 - Opening the Add Printer Wizard
 
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image:P-connect.jpg|Fig 2 - Entering in the print server and share
 
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image:P-login.jpg|Fig 3 - Entering in WOLFTECH authentication
 
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image:P-finished.jpg|Fig 4 - Finishing the Wizard
 
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[[category:printing]]
 

Latest revision as of 17:32, 21 February 2011

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