Connecting A Network Printer in Windows 7 – How To For Beginners
If you want to connect a network printer in Windows 7, follow our tutorial.
Installing A Network Printer on Your Network Drive With USB Port
If you have a network drive like the Iomega Home Media Network Drive you can easily install a network printer.
1. Open the Control Panel
2. The link View devices and printers below Hardware and Sound will lead you to your connected devices
3. Right-click on the white area and click on Add printer:
4. A window will open, select Add a network printer:
5. Windows 7 will now find your network printer. Click on Next
No Driver Found
6. You might get the error message No driver found – Windows can’t find a driver on the network:
7. Click on and select your printer model. If you have a popular printer you can find it on the list, e.g. Canon MP530 Series
8. Congratz you have successfully installed a network printer
Installing A Network Printer on your Broadband Router
If you want to install a network printer on your broadband router it gets a bit more complicated:
1. Open the Control Panel
2. The link View devices and printers below Hardware and Sound will lead you to your connected devices
3. Right-click on your printer and then go to Printer properties – Your Printer
4. On the General tab at the bottom click on the button with the elevated admin icon Change properties
5. Confirm the UAC prompt
6. Go to the tab Ports
7. Click on Add Port at the bottom:
8. Select Standard TCP/IP Port and click on New Port
9. Enter the IP address of your printer e.g. 192.168.x.x
10. If you’re lucky Windows 7 will find the network printer. If not, click on Settings
11. Check Protocol Raw and enter the Port 9100 – 9100 is the TCP printing port
12. Confirm with OK and follow the instructions
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Written by oliversk Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
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