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Installing Printer Drivers on Windows
®
Computers
Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit Edition, or Windows Server 2008 R2
1
Click
Start
→
Devices and Printers
.
2
Click
Add a Printer
.
3
Select
Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer
. If the printer is listed, select the printer and click
Next
, or
select
The printer that I want isn't listed
. Click
Select a shared printer by name
and type in the path of the printer
in the text box, and then click
Next
.
For example:
\\<server host name>\<shared printer name>
The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it to the network. The shared printer name
is the name assigned during the server installation process.
If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a printer driver. If no system driver is available, then you will
need to provide the path to the available driver.
4
Confirm the printer name, and then click
Next
.
5
Select
Yes
if you want this printer to be set as the default printer, and then click
Next
.
6
Click
Print a test page
if you want to verify installation.
7
Click
Finish
.
When a test page prints successfully, installation is complete.
Windows 8, Windows 8 64-bit Edition, or Windows Server 2012
1
Under Desktop mode, right-click the bottom left corner of the screen, and then click
Control Panel
→
Hardware
and Sound
(
Hardware
for Windows Server 2012)
→
Devices and Printers
.
2
Click
Add a Printer
to launch the
Add Printer
wizard.
3
If the printer is listed, select the printer and click
Next
, or select
The printer that I want isn't listed
. Click
Select a
shared printer by name
and type in the path of the printer in the text box, and then click
Next
.
For example:
\\<server host name>\<shared printer name>
The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it to the network. The shared printer name
is the name assigned during the server installation process.
If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a printer driver. If no system driver is available, then you will
need to provide the path to the available driver.
4
Confirm the printer name, and then click
Next
.
5
Select
Yes
if you want this printer to be set as the default printer, and then click
Next
.
6
Click
Print a test page
if you want to verify installation.
7
Click
Finish
.
When a test page is printed successfully, installation is complete.