How to connect a network printer?

Network printers are currently consideredA useful alternative for personal printers. After all, often, only one large device can handle much faster with a large print job, rather than a few small ones. In addition to all this, one sheet printed on a network printer will cost much less than a sheet printed on a small machine, which significantly reduces the office's printing costs. But very few people know how to make a printer networked.

From a standard printer to a network printer

There are several ways to make the printer become networked: by using shared access, through an external server, through the printer's network card. Well, now more about each.

• Through sharing. It is considered to be the simplest in execution, but at the same time, the most limited in the possibilities of the network printer usage option. Consider how to install a network shared printer. It is installed on the computer in the standard way, but first of all the device must be connected to the computer using a USB cable or a parallel cord. Next, go to the folder "Printers and Faxes", here we right-click on the icon of an already installed printer, click on the "Properties" button. Then, in the window that appears, select the "Access" tab. Next, you need to put a dot next to the label "Share this printer" and enter a network name that will carry our share. After all these procedures, press the "OK" button. You should see if in the "Installed" column the word "No" is displayed, then you need to insert the printer manufacturer's disk or download the selected and necessary driver from the site. Here, actually and all, the network shared printer is installed.
• Consider the rules for connecting by means ofexternal print server of a third-party. To connect the printer in this way, you must first install the print server itself. This is done based on the instructions attached to it. In general, everything is done in a similar way to installing a shared printer. But pay attention, the printer will be online, but you need to select the option "Local printer connected to this computer", then select "Create a new port" and select "Standard TCP / IP Port" from the list. Many manufacturers attach detailed instructions to their print servers, in which you can find detailed steps for installing network printers in this way.
• Connect a network printer to a network card. Most printers involve installing an internal network card in them, which is made specifically for this printer model. In this case, you need to install the board on the internal system bus of the printer, which will allow you to transfer data at the highest possible speed for the network. If the network card is installed in our printer, then most likely the manufacturer has taken care of installing the network printer using the disk that comes with the printer. And yet you are wondering how to connect a network printer of this kind, everything is very simple. After you have placed the disk, you must specify that your printer will be online and the installation will start automatically. Sometimes you just have to specify the IP address if the installer itself did not automatically assign it. With the help of automatic installation, all the components necessary for work are installed on the printer, and it remains only to wait until the process is completed.

General Instruction

• Click the "Start" button, then click the "Printers and Faxes" button.
• Click the "Install Printer" button.
• After the Add Printer Wizard appears, click Next.
• Select the item "Network printer, or printer connected to another computer", then "Next".
• Select "Find a printer in Active Directory" and click "Next".
• Find the desired printer in the list and select it by clicking "OK".
• Select "Yes", then "Next".
• Complete the installation process by clicking the "Finish" button.

In the event that you did everything correctly, then the installed network printer appears among the list of all printers. Now you know how to connect a network printer. We wish you good luck!