Basic Windows Operations

Displaying the Printer Folder

Windows Vista
[Start]  select [Control Panel]  [Printers].
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2
[Start]  select [Devices and Printers].
Windows 8/Server 2012
Right-click the lower-left corner of the screen select [Control Panel] [View devices and printers].
Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2
Right-click [Start] select [Control Panel] [View devices and printers].
Windows 10
Right-click [] select [Control Panel] [Hardware and Sound] [Devices and printers].
Windows Server 2003
[Start] select [Printers and Faxes].
Windows Server 2008
[Start] select [Control Panel] double-click [Printers].

Displaying Shared Printers in the Print Server

1
Open Windows Explorer.
Windows Vista/7/Server 2003/Server 2008
[Start]  select [All Programs] (or [Programs])  [Accessories]  [Windows Explorer].
Windows 8/Server 2012
Right-click the lower-left corner of the screen  select [File Explorer].
Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2
Right-click [Start] select [File Explorer].
Windows 10
Click [] select [File Explorer]
2
Select [Network] or [My Network Places] and double-click the computer set up as a print server.
To view computers on the network, you may need to turn on network discovery or search the network for computers.
The shared printer is displayed.
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Checking the LPR/RAW Printer Port

1
Open the printer folder. Displaying the Printer Folder
2
Right-click your printer icon of the machine and click [Printer properties] (or [Properties]).
3
Check the port settings.
Click the [Ports] tab.
Make sure that the correct port is selected for the printer.
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