PRINTING IN NORTHERN VIRGINA

December 21, 2001

 

ADDING A PRINTER

STEP ONE – Save and close any application you may be running. This way if a problem arises no data    will be lost if you have to shut your pc down and reboot. Know the name of the printer you want to install. All network printers should have a name label on the front.

STEP TWO – Select the print server.

Printer located in:    Your print server is:       Printer located in:                  Your print server is:

CC1 – 1^st Floor         \\AOLCC101HP            CC5 – 1^st Floor                        \\AOLCC502HP

            2^nd Floor       \\AOLCC102HP                        2^nd Floor                      \\AOLCC502HP        

CC2 – Basement      \\AOLCC202HP                        3^rd Floor                      \\AOLCC504HP       

            1^st Floor        \\AOLCC202HP                        4^th Floor                      \\AOLCC504HP        

            2^nd Floor       \\AOLCC202HP                        5^th Floor                      \\AOLCC506HP        

            3^rd Floor       \\AOLCC204HP                        6^th Floor                      \\AOLCC506HP        

            4^th Floor        \\AOLCC204HP            Dulles Tech Center                 \\AOLDTC01HP       

CC3                          \\AOLD03MP                Headquarters – T Level          \\AOLHQ101HP

CC4 – 1^st Floor         \\AOLCC402HP                                    1^st Floor           \\AOLHQ101HP

            2^nd Floor       \\AOLCC402HP                                    2^nd Floor          \\AOLHQ103HP       

            3^rd Floor       \\AOLCC404HP                                    3^rd Floor          \\AOLHQ103HP       

            4^th Floor       \\AOLCC404HP                                    4^th Floor           \\AOLHQ105HP

            5^th Floor       \\AOLCC406HP                                    5^th Floor           \\AOLHQ105HP

            6^th Floor       \\AOLCC406HP            Herndon                                  \\AOLHER01HP                                                                                                                                Manassas Tech Center            \\AOLMTC01HP

                                                                        Reston- 1^st Floor                     \\AOLRES01HP

                                                                                    2^nd Floor                      \\AOLRES02HP        

                                                                        Tech Store/Warehouse            \\AOLDTS01HP

                                                                        800 Connecticut Ave, DC      \\AOLDC101HP

Once you determine what print server you need, open a browser (Netscape or IE) and type in the name of the server as you see it listed above and hit enter. This will connect you to the server and list the printers available. ***IF YOU GET AN ERROR MESSAGE PLEASE CALL 51911***

NOTE – Not all printers will need you to download a driver, if you do follow these steps. After connecting to the server as listed above look for the folder called “Drivers”, right click with your mouse and select “Map Network Drive” in the drop down menu. The “Map Network Drive” window pops up with a drive letter, remember what drive letter is mapped as we will need this later. Make sure the “Reconnect at logon” is not checked and click “OK”.

STEP THREE – Select the printer.

On the server window double click the printer of choice. A pop up window comes up with a question “Before you can use the printer etc…” click “Yes”.

The “Add Printer Wizard” window asks, “Do you print from MS-DOS”. Select “No” and click “Next”.

The next window wants you to name the printer, you can name it anything you want or use the name assigned. If you have no default printer the “Printer Wizard” will ask to use this printer as the default printer. PLEASE USE THE BLACK AND WHITE PRINTERS AS DEFAULT PRINTERS.

The next window asks if you would like to print a test page, the default is “Yes”, click on “Finish”. The drivers will download to your pc and a popup will ask,  “Did the test page print correctly? Answer “Yes”. Congratulations you’re done adding a printer.