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Connect to a Network Printer on a Personal Computer

  1. Open Windows Explorer by any of the following methods:
    • use the hotkey combination聽windows Key聽+ E
    • Windows 7: click聽My Computer聽in the聽Start听尘别苍耻
    • Windows 8 and 10: click on the聽File Explorer聽shortcut on the Task Bar.
  2. 罢测辫别听\\somprint3聽 in the address bar at the top of the window, and hit聽Enter. (Note: Most printers for the Department of Medicine are located on聽\\somprint3, but if you do not see the printer you are trying to connect to, enter聽\\somprint2instead.)
    Windows 7 address bar:
    Address BarWindows 10 address bar:
    network_printer_somprint3
  3. Look through the list of printers for the appropriate one(s) for your division and location. Dept. of Medicine printers all start with聽DOM_division_聽and follow a standard naming convention:聽DOM_division_room#bldg_printermodel.
    • In the picture below, the selected printer is a Nephrology printer, located in room 6006 of Burnett-Womack.

    somprint2 window

  4. When you find the printer you want to connect to, right-click on it and choose聽Connect.Connecting to a printer
  5. The following window will pop up:
    connecting
    Wait until the progress window disappears, then look in your Printers and Faxes window- you should now see a connection to the printer. Repeat as needed to connect to any printers you need access to. Set your default printer as desired, and you should be good to go.

If you encounter difficulty performing these steps, please let us know and we’ll be happy to assist you.

 

How to Connect to a Network Printer in Mac OS X

    1. Click on the Apple symbol on the top left corner of the screen and then click on聽System Preferences…

      System%20prefences

    2. Click on聽Printers & Scanners

    3. Click on聽+

      AddAPrinterAdd

    4. Click on聽IP聽at the top

      addAPrinterChooseIP

    5. In the聽础诲诲谤别蝉蝉听field, enter the hostname of the printer you would like to connect to along with聽.med.unc.edu.
      • The hostname can be found on a label on the printer
      • Dept. of Medicine printers all follow a standard naming convention:聽DOM-division-room#bldg-printermodel.
        • Ex. A printer with the hostname of DOM-neph-6006bw-p4014n, would be an HP Laser Jet p4014 in 6006 Burnett-Womack in Nephrology.
      • If the hostname of the printer is聽DOM-neph-6006bw-p4014n, what you would enter in the聽础诲诲谤别蝉蝉听field would be:
        • DOM-neph-6006bw-p4014n.med.unc.edu

      addAPrinterAddress

    6. In the聽Name聽field, enter what you would like the Printer to be named

      addAPrinterName

    7. 颁濒颈肠办听Add聽and then click聽OK聽in the window that pops up
    8. The printer should now be added to聽Printers聽list in the聽Printers & Scanners Menu

If you encounter difficulty performing these steps, please let us know and we’ll be happy to assist you.