MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

11-22 Chapter 11 Setting Up, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Printers
Browse the network You can also browse the network for the printer by selecting
Type The Printer Name Or Click Next To Browse For A Printer on the Locate Your
Printer page of the Add Printer Wizard, leaving the Name text box blank, and
clicking Next.
Use the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) name You can also connect to a printer on
the Internet or your intranet by selecting Connect To A Printer On The Internet Or On
Your Local Intranet on the Locate Your Printer page of the Add Printer Wizard.
Search Active Directory If your computer running Windows 2000 or later is a member
of a domain, you can find the printer by using Microsoft Active Directory service
search capabilities. You can search either the entire Active Directory or just a
portion of it. You can also narrow the search by providing features of the printer,
such as color printing.
Options for Client Computers Running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, or Windows 98
On client computers running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, or Windows 98, the Add
Printer Wizard allows you only to enter a UNC name or to browse Network Neighborhood
to locate the printer.
Options for Client Computers Running Other Microsoft Operating Systems
Users at client computers running early versions of Windows—such as Windows 3.1,
Windows 3.5, and Windows for Workgroups—use Print Manager instead of the Add
Printer Wizard to make a connection to a printer.
How to Connect Directly to a Shared Printer
Instead of using the Add Printer Wizard, an often simpler way to connect to a shared
printer is to connect directly by using any of the following techniques:
Browse My Network Places or Network Neighborhood In Windows 95, Windows
98, and Windows NT, Network Neighborhood provides a way to browse
computers on the local network. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, My Network
Places provides this same functionality. After browsing to the computer that shares
the printer, right-click the printer and click Connect to initiate a connection to the
printer. You can also drag the printer icon to the Printers And Faxes folder on the
client computer.
Use the Run dialog box Click Start and then click Run to open the Run dialog box.
Type the UNC of any printer (\\print_server\printer_name) into the Open text
box, and then click OK to initiate a connection to the printer. If the print server
does not have the appropriate drivers for the operating system running on the client,
Windows asks you to provide the drivers.
Use the command prompt Users of any Windows-based client computer can connect
to a network printer by typing net use lptx: \\print_server\printer_name,