Printer Connection and Software Installation
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• For Windows 8, Windows 8 64-bit Edition, and Windows Server 2012
1
On the Desktop screen, place the mouse pointer in the upper right corner of the screen and
move the mouse down, and then select Settings.
2
Click Control Panel → Hardware and Sound (Hardware for Windows Server 2012) → Devices
and Printers.
3
Click Add a printer to launch the Add Printer wizard.
4
If the printer is listed, select the printer and click Next, or select The printer that I want isn't
listed. Click Select a shared printer by name and enter in the path of the printer in the text box,
and then click Next.
For example:\\<server host name>\<shared printer name>
The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it to the network. The
shared printer name is the name assigned during the server installation process.
If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a print driver. If no system driver is
available, you need to specify the path to the available drivers.
5
Confirm the printer name, and then click Next.
6
Select whether to use this printer as the default printer.
7
If you want to verify installation, click Print a test page.
8
Click Finish.
When a test page is printed successfully, installation is complete.