Ag - How to add a Network Printer to a managed Windows Device

Overview

This Knowledge Base will take you through the steps for adding an Agriculture Managed Printer to an Agriculture Managed Windows PC.

Instructions

 

Overview

College of Agriculture: How to add a new College of Agriculture Purdue managed Printer to your Ag Managed Windows Computer

 

Prerequisite(s):

  • Connect to either BOILERAD, VPN, or PAL 3.0 on your Device

 

Instructions

  • Open the Search Menu on your device and type “Software Center” in the path field as shown below and press Enter

001 - searching for software center

  • On the Software Center, in the "Available Software" tab scroll down and select "AgIT Printer Install Utility 1.1 - Install Printer". Once highlighted, at the bottom right, click "install". 

Note: To use the "AgIT Printer Install Utility 1.1 - install Printer", again, you will find it under the "Installation Status" tab.

002 - Selecting Install printer from software center

  • After a few seconds, a window will appear with all network printers in the College of Ag. You can use the Filter Bar at the top of the window to filter the listed printers by Department, Building, or Room Number.

Ag Printer List

  • In the Filter/Search field, type in the Building, Department, and Room Number. Then, select that printer and click” OK.”

Filtered Printer List

Note: You can select multiple printers by pressing and holding CTRL on your keyboard as you click on the desired printers that you would like to install. Once they are all selected, press "OK

 

 

  • Once you click “OK", you will get a notification that the printer is being added. Click “OK”.

 

Printer being added

Note: This will minimize all currently open windows.

  • After a few seconds, another pop-up window will appear, saying the printer was successfully added.

Printer has been added

 

 

  • Once added, you can select this printer when printing from your computer.

 

  • To use this feature, again, the "AgIT Printer Install Utility 1.1 - install Printer" option will be found under the "Installation Status" tab in Software Center.

 

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