When an on-campus printer does not show up in the printx server, or you are otherwise having trouble connecting to it, you can manually add the printer. This article explains how to connect on a Windows machine to an on-campus printer using the IP address.
Instructions
- Find the IP address of your printer and write it down. In most cases this is listed in the printers settings. However, if you are unable to locate the IP address, please reach out to the Help Desk.
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On your computer, click on the search bar on your taskbar to search for “printer” and click on the Printer & scanners result.
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Click on Add device.
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Scroll down to the bottom of the list of discovered printers/devices. Click on Add manually.
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In the popup window, choose Add a printer using an IP address or hostname.
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Change the device type to IPP Device and type in the IP address. Click Next.
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Your machine will connect to the printer and let you know if it successfully added the printer.
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Navigate back to your list of printers and locate the printer you just added.
When installing the printer, your computer will add the printer using the model name and not the name you would normally identify it as.
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Click the carrot next to that printer, then click Printer properties.
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Edit the section that lists the model name for the name you would prefer to recognize the printer as. Click ok to apply the changes
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Try printing to you newly added printer.
More information
Please reach out to the Help Desk at helpdesk@hamilton.edu or submit a service ticket .