Setting up a Network Printer

About this task

If the printer on the Webspace Server is a network printer, and you want to allow printing on the web sessions to this printer, you must add the network printer to the Web Server. As the administrator, you can set up network printers for use by Webspace sessions. You must first create a port on the Webspace Server that connects directly to the server and then install the printer locally. This provides direct access to the printer.

Network printers are set up using the Windows Add Printer Wizard.

Note: If a printer is physically connected to the Webspace Server, and you want to allow printing from the web sessions to this printer, no additional configuration changes need to be made on the Webspace Server or web session. If you want to allow printing in the web sessions from client printers, refer to the Client Printing section for information on how to configure.

Procedure

  1. On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Printers and Faxes.
  2. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
  3. Select local printer, then click Next.
  4. Click Create a new port and select Local Port or Standard TCP/IP Port as the type. Click Next.
  5. In the Port Name dialog, type the UNC path to the printer or the printer's IP address. For example: \\PRINTSERVER\LASERPRINTER.
  6. Select the printer manufacturer on the left and the printer model on the right or click Have Disk.
  7. Follow the directions provided by the Add Printer Wizard to install the proper printer driver.