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How to Connect to an iPrint Printer from a Windows Computer

Before you can connect to an iPrint printer, you must have downloaded and installed the ITC Printing Client software on your computer. If you have not yet done that, you can find the download and instructions here.  

Once the ITC Printing Client software has been downloaded and installed on your Windows computer, you can connect to an iPrint printer.

Click here for the Windows XP instructions.

How to Connect to an iPrint Printer on Windows Vista Computer

1. Click the Start button and choose Control Panel.
   
   
   
   
2. Click Hardware and Sound.
   
   
   
   
3. Under the Printers section, click Add a printer.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.
   
   
   
   
5. Click The printer that I want isn’t listed.
   
   
   
   
6. Click Select a shared printer by name, enter http://iprint.its.uiowa.edu/printer/<printer name> in the open field, and click Next.
   - Select the desired printer name from the list of available iPrint printers. 
   - The illustration below uses Weeg-ITC-Main as an example: http://iprint.its.uiowa.edu/printers/Weeg-ITC-Main.
   
   
   
   
7. On the Add Printer Wizard screen, click the Have Disk… button.
   
   
   
   
8. On the Install from Disk window, click the Browse button and navigate to C:\Program Files\PaperCut NG Client\drivers. Select ITC Printing Drivers.inf and click the OK button.
   
   
   
   
9. On the Add Printer Wizard screen, choose the appropriate printer model (e.g. HP LaserJet 4250) and click the OK button. Note: the printer model number can be found on the list of available iPrint printers.
   
   
   
   
10. If presented with a Windows Security warning, click Install this driver software anyway.
    
    
    
    
11. Either check or uncheck the box to set this as the default printer and click Next.
    
    
    
    
12. Click the Finish button to finish connecting to the iPrint printer from your computer.
    
    

After connecting to the iPrint printer, you can modify the printer options or print to an ITC Printer.

How to Connect to an iPrint Printer on Windows XP Computer

1. Click the Start button and choose Control Panel.
   
   
   
   
2. Click Printers and Other Hardware.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Add a printer.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer and click Next.
   
   
   
   
6. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network, enter http://iprint.its.uiowa.edu/printer/<printer name> in the URL field, and click Next.
   - Select the desired printer name from the list of available iPrint printers. 
   - The illustration below uses Weeg-ITC-Main as an example: http://iprint.its.uiowa.edu/printers/Weeg-ITC-Main.
   
   
   
   
7. On the Add Printer Wizard screen, click the Have Disk… button.
   
   
   
   
8. On the Install from Disk window, click the Browse button and navigate to C:\Program Files\PaperCut NG Client\drivers. Select ITC Printing Drivers.inf and click the OK button.
   
   
   
   
9. On the Add Printer Wizard screen, choose the appropriate printer model (e.g. HP LaserJet 4250) and click the OK button. Note: the printer model number can be found on the list of available iPrint printers.
   
   
   
   
10. If presented with a Windows Security warning, click Continue Anyway.
    
    
    
    
11. Choose either Yes or No to set this as the default printer and click Next.
    
    
    
    
12. Click the Finish button to finish connecting to the iPrint printer from your computer.
    
    

After connecting to the iPrint printer, you can modify the printer options or print to an ITC Printer.

Return to the iPrint Instructions Page

Last Updated: 04/24/2008