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Printing to Olin Printers from a Personal Computer
These are instructions for setting up an Olin printer from a personal computer running Windows XP that is plugged into the network, but is not on the Olin.edu domain.
- Go to Start Menu > Run and enter: \\printvs01
- This connects your desktop to the print server. Click OK.
- A login screen will appear.
- Username: olin.edu\username
- Password: and your network password.
- Click OK
- From the taskbar Click on Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes
- Click on “Add a Printer” from left column
- Select “a network printer” and click next
- Select “Find a printer in the directory” and click next
- Select Entire Directory and click “Find Now”
- Please Note: All printers on campus follow this established naming convention.
Double click on the printer you wish to add.
- Next you are asked if you wish this printer to be your default, select Yes or No, click on Next.
- Click on Finis