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Adding or deleting a printer from a computer

As well as specifying printers for a location, you can specify a printer for a computer. This is useful if you want to allow only users of certain computers to print to a particular printer.

To add a printer to a computer

  1. From the left-hand pane, choose Picture of the Computers icon Computers, All Computers.

  2. From the right-hand pane, right-click the computer and from the menu, choose Properties.

  3. Choose the Printers tab.

  4. Click the Add button.

  5. To add a printer:

  6. From the 'Available printers' list, select the printer you want to add and click the > button, or double-click the printer.

  7. To add all available printers, click the >> button.

  1. Click OK twice to close the windows.

Notes

  • You can use the same process to manage multiple computers. First select all of the computers that you wish to manage. Only printers that are assigned to all the selected computers are listed in the Printers tab.

  • Once you have made any changes to a computer's properties, the computer must be restarted for the new settings to take effect.

  • You can also set a printer to be the default for a computer.

  • Computer properties are also available by selecting the computer and choosing Picture of the Properties button in the toolbar, or from the File menu choosing Properties.

 

To delete a printer from a computer

  1. From the left-hand pane, choose Picture of the Computers icon Computers, All Computers.

  2. From the right-hand pane, right-click the computer and from the menu, choose Properties.

  3. Choose the Printers tab.

  4. Select the printer you wish to delete from the computer.

  5. Click the Remove button.

  6. Click the Yes button to remove the printer from the printer list. (If the printer is the default printer for a computer, a warning message will be displayed. Click Yes to confirm the deletion).

  7. Click OK.

Notes

  • You can use the same process to manage multiple computers. First select all of the computers that you wish to manage. Only printers that are assigned to all the selected computers are listed in the Printers tab.

  • Once you have made any changes to a computer's properties, the computer must be restarted for the new settings to take effect.

  • You can also set a printer to be the default for a computer.

  • Computer properties are also available by selecting the computer and choosing Picture of the Properties button in the toolbar, or from the File menu choosing Properties.

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