Home & Office Printer Setup

Applies to: CRL staff adding an office or home printer  |  Category: Devices & Peripherals  |  Est. time: 10 minutes

Printers at the CRL office are mapped by default. If you’d like to add another printer or set up a home printer, follow the steps below. For a wireless printer, see Wireless printer setup further down.

Wired / USB printer setup

1. At home: connect the printer to your computer with the USB cable and turn it on. If you’re at the CRL office, skip to step 2.
2. Open Printers & scanners from the Start menu (type “Printers” in the search bar and select the best match).
   
   
3. Next to Add a printer or scanner, click Add device.
4. Set the “Show printers and scanners associated with my” dropdown to Work or school.
   
   
5. Wait for the list to populate, find the printer you want, and click Add device next to it. Follow any on-screen prompts to finish.

Having trouble? Note your device’s make and model. The IT Team may be able to download the drivers and installation tools for your printer and assist with installation. This requires IT Manager approval and may involve some additional steps.

Wireless printer setup

Steps vary by manufacturer, but most modern printers detect your network and largely automate the setup.

1. Use the printer’s LCD panel to enter the wireless setup.
2. Select your Wi-Fi network. You’ll need your home network’s SSID (network name), which you can see by hovering over the Wi-Fi icon in the taskbar.
3. Enter your network password.

In some cases you may need to temporarily connect the printer to your computer by USB to install its software. Otherwise, that’s it — the printer should appear automatically under Printers & scanners in Settings.

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