Network Printer Installation for Windows

Summary

This article explains how to install a network printer on personal and barcoded Windows machines at Hamilton College using the PaperCut client, with step-by-step instructions.

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Printing from your own personal computer can be done in one of two ways:

  1. “Lite” printing via the Web at webprint.hamilton.edu. Use this to print Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF documents. See Web Print Using PaperCut for details.

  2. Install a printer and the PaperCut client on your computer to print from any application on your computer. 

Note: Employees with Hamilton-owned barcoded computers already have the PaperCut client installed. If your device is barcoded, you should only need to install the printer. Otherwise, you can follow the instructions on this webpage.

 Instructions

Once you have verified you have the PaperCut Client installed, you can begin the printer installation following the instructions below:

  1. Press the Windows  key + R key to open the Run command window.

  2. Next to Open, enter \\printx. Click OK.

    The Run window will open, type \\printx into the box, and click OK.

  3. If prompted, enter your Hamilton username and password. Click OK.

    • Employees: If this is your personal computer, enter your username in the following format: hamilton-d\username.

    • Students: If this is your personal computer, enter your username in the following format: hamilton-s\username.   

  4. In the window that opens, double-click on the desired printer to add it to the list of available printers on your computer.

  5. The Windows Printer Installation window will appear indicating progress.

    The Windows Printer Installation window, says "Connecting to Burke-Admin-A on printx"

 More information

You can find more information on printing in our Knowledge Base, or be accessing the articles on the sidebar. If you are having trouble installing a network printer on your Windows device, you can open a ticket with the Help Desk. 

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Article ID: 3135
Created
Fri 3/14/25 1:45 PM
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Mon 4/14/25 4:08 PM

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