First verify that the printer you wish to print to does not already appear in your printers folder. To open your Printers folder on the Start button, then select Settings, then Printers. If the printer you wish to use is not listed in your Printers folder then you will need to add it to your computer.

UDT Note: Using the procedure described in this document on a UDT (NPS Unified DeskTop) computer will add the printer for your current login session only. The printer will disappear from this computer when you log out. If you need to permanently add a network printer to your computer then you should use the NPS Desktop Manager utility.

At this point you'll need to know the network path to the printer. This information may be obtained from:

1. your Site Contact,

2. your network administrator, or

3. the Printers folder of a computer that currently prints to that network printer (described below):

   Find a computer that prints to your target printer (the network printer you wish to add to your computer) and open the Printers folder on that computer (using the procedure described above). Spot your target printer and make note of its name. The name will probably be in the format: "_____ on PRINTER". The network path to the printer begins with two backslashes, followed by PRINTER (or the name of the computer hosting the printer), followed by a single backslash, followed by whatever was in the blank in the format mentioned above. For example, if your target printer is named "p123c1 on PRINTER" then the network path for your printer would be "\\PRINTER\p123c1" (without the quotes).

Now that you have the network path for your network printer, you are ready to add it to your computer. Return to your computer. Double-click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder on your computer. This should launch the Add Printer Wizard. Select Network printer server. Click Next. Enter the network path to the printer in the box labeled Printer:. Click OK. (If you are not on a UDT system you may be asked to add a printer driver so it's a good idea to have your driver disk(s) handy.)

Next, you will be asked: "Do you want your Windows-based programs to use this printer as the default printer?" Click either Yes or No, then Click Next. Then click Finish.

If the printer you wish to print from is not shared, you will most likely need to have someone with administrative rights setup the printer for sharing. If you have the rights, and wish to learn how to share a printer from a UDT computer, then click here.