Network Printer Connection: Windows XP

Connect to Network Printers Using Windows XP

You can connect to Truman network printers from a non-Truman owned computer system located on-campus, like a student personal computer system in a residence hall, or you can also connect from an off-campus computer system. 

Note:  In order to connect from off-campus you must first connect with the Truman VPN service.

If you are connecting from an on-campus, non-Truman owned computer system start at step # 1.  If you are connecting from an off-campus computer system first make a Truman VPN connection then start at step # 4.

1. Right click on this link and choose Save Target As... Download the file to: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

    2.   Edit map_printer.bat file in Windows Notepad.

• Replace 'password' with your TRUMAN network password.
• Also replace 'username' with your TRUMAN network username like 'aaa123'.
• Save and exit the file.
  
  

    3.   Now your computer is setup to connect to the Truman print server each time you start your computer. Double click on map_printer.bat to connect now.

     4.  Click Start->Printers and Faxes

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

     5 .  From left column of the window, select 'Add a printer'. Follow the wizard instructions and when prompted, select to add 'A network printer...' and select "Next".

   6.   Fill in the "Connect to this printer" box with the server and printer name you want to use from the student printers table or the faculty/staff printers table. Please enter the information like the examples below.

Note:  The two backslashes, tp1 and the single backslash are always entered.

Examples:

To print to the Campbell Apartments printer:  \\tp1\calab

To print to the Missouri Hall printer: \\tp1\mhlab

To print to the Ryle Hall printer:  \\tp1\rhlab

     7.  Once you complete the above step, Click "Next".

For on-campus, non-Truman owned computers running the bat file, disregard any connection failure notices you may get. This error may occur because Windows is trying to reconnect to the network drive before the map_printers.bat file finishes running. Once the .bat file gets the chance to complete, the error will go away.

    8.  If all settings are correct and a proper connection is reached a question will come up to    
         allow user to select this computer as a default or not. Select yes or no depending on your
         own personal printing senario and select "Next" and then select "Finish" once the window
         says the printer connection has completed.

Note:  Printing to the student printers is restricted to students.  Students who print to the student printers will be charged for printing.  You can add more money to your PAS account at the cashiers' window in McClain Hall or online.