Adding a Shared Network Printer on Windows

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Last updated: Mar 01, 2021 by Amy He (Unlicensed)
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Shared network printers are printers in common areas such as labs or offices suites. They are added to the print server to allow for multiple users to connect to them simultaneously. The following steps will walkthrough connecting a network printer to a device running Windows 10.

Devices connected via USB do not need to be added using this method.

If you have an office printer only used by one person, you will need to connect to it directly by using the IP address. If you have a shared printer that is not on the print server, please email engr-helpdesk@tamu.edu to request that your printer be added to the server.

 

Add a printer using the Start Menu

  1. Open the Start Menu and either type or paste in the following path:

    \\coe-pcmf-ps1.engr.tamu.edu\

  2. Scroll through the list of available printers that appears or start typing your department name to find the desired printer

  3. Click on the printer you would like to add

    1. Once it has configured, you may close the print queue and use the printer

Add a printer using Printers & scanners

  1. Launch the Control Panel

  2. Click on View devices and printers under Hardware and Sound

  3. Click Add a printer

  4. Click The printer that I want isn’t listed

     

  5. Choose Select a shared printer by name and enter:

    \\coe-pcmf-ps1.engr.tamu.edu

    1. View the list of all print queues that have been added to the ENGR domain

  6. Select the desired printer and then click Next to map the printer

  7. Click Next to install the driver

  8. Print a test page to confirm that the printer mapped successfully and then click Finish