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Printer Basics

This tutorial will show you how to:
       Add a printer
       Select a printer
       Trouble-shoot a printer

Part One : Add a printer

Click Start / Settings / Printers
To install a printer, click the Add Printer icon

The Add a Printer Wizard will walk you through the procedures / Next 
Select Network printer / Next

Select Find a printer in the Directory / Next

The printer directory window will open 
Click Find Now key
A display of all active printers will display at the bottom of the window

All printers are prefixed with a department/lab/classroom code
ACC  is the prefix code for all printers located in the labs/classrooms
RL    is the prefix code for all printers located in Regina Library
Select the printer / OK

The default option screen will open
Select Yes or No / Next
You will want to make your primary printer the default printer

The next screen is a summary of the options you have selected



Click Finish

The task is completed

It is not unusual to have several printers attached to your computer account

Part Two : Select a Printer

When you want to print from a specific printer
Click File / Print 
The print options window will display
The name of the last printer you used will display

Click the black diamond for a full listing of all printers attached to your account
Select the printer from the list
Proceed with number of copies, etc. / OK

DO NOT send multiple copies to the printer

Part Three : Trouble-shoot a printer

Click Start
Click Settings
Click Printers
The list of all printers you are attached to will display

Double click the printer you are connected to

The complete list of files in the queue will display
Check the Status ... if there is a paused status
Highlight the name of the file(s)
Click Printer
Click Purge Print Document(s)

Another option is to highlight the file
Click Document
Select Cancel
It will take a few moments for the printer queue to cancel the tasks and clear the buffer.

If printing continues 
Shut the printer off for a few seconds / Turn it back on


Revised :  May 21, 2008

Sr. Arlene Callahan
Training Manager
Rivier College
420 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060-5086
Phone : 603.897.8660