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The SMB survival guide for printers will not get into where to buy your companies toner or ink cartridges. The best type of paper to use or formatting a print job. This article will cover only the technical aspects of printers. Any tech will tell you that beside migrating an old PC to a new PC that printers can be the biggest pain to configure and troubleshoot. below are some of the reasons why. 1. Dealing with Print Drivers. There are different print drivers for each version of Windows Operating Systems. lets also include the fact that we now have 32 and 64 bit versions. 1A. Print Driver Software on provided CD Be prepared to install printer software that will start updating you on everything from low ink to no paper. Nice additions but they also prompt for where to buy your ink and paper. In the old days you could install the print driver only for the printer . Now you need to install a mini printer operating system to have them work. You can still just install ...

Preparation In order to install a network printer, you must know your printer's Manufacturer , Model Name , and IP Address . The Manufacturer and Model Name can be found on the printer case, an example is HP LaserJet 4000N . The IP Address can be found on a label attached to the printer. An example of the IP Address is 192.168.0.121 Setting Up a Network Printer 1. Click on the Start button, then click Control Panel , then click Printers and Faxes , then click Add Printer . 2. A new Add Printer Wizard window opens. Click Next to start. 3. Select Local printer attached to this computer . Make sure Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer is NOT checked. 4. Then click Next to continue. 5. We will create a new port for your network printer. Select Create a new port . 6. Beside Type of Port , click on the down arrow , then click on Standard TCP/IP Port . 7. Click Next to continue. 8. A new Add Printer P...