How to print from tablet at home

There are several possible printer setups.

Most common are:

• Locally connected printer
• Network shared printer connected to another computer
• Network ready printer with either built-in network print server or attached to the specialized print server appliance

For any of these you will need to logon to the tablet as superuser.  For more details, click here.

Locally connected printer

This is a simple. All you need to do is to login to the tablet as "superuser" and follow manufacturer instructions to install printer. You must be logged in as "superuser". Regular student or faculty accounts do not have rights to install hardware components including printers. Usually manufacturer instructions contain nothing more but installing software that either came with printer or can be downloaded from manufacturer web site. Once printer is install under "superuser" account you should logoff, login as yourself and printer will be there.

Network shared printer connected to another computer

This setup is also very common in modern households. Many households with two and more computer implement the idea of workgroups that allow easy integration and file and printer sharing. Cary Academy tablets already members of Cary Academy network domain and cannot be reconfigured for workgroup use without serious consequenses. This however does not prevent end user from setting up printing capabilities at home. Here is what needs to be done.

1. If home computer does not have a user account with password set up then one should be created
2. From tablet open "Printer and Faxes" applet and choose "Add Printer". Wizard will open.
3. Click next on first screen.
4. Choose network printer when given a choice of local and network printer on the next screen.

5. In Specify a printer dialog you need to type path to the printer in the following format: \\home_computer_name\name_of_printer_share (see picture below). Click Next



6. If you typed the computer name and printer share name correctly you will be prompted for a user name and password. Type user name and password created in step 1. Very Important - user name must be typed in the format of "home_computer_name\user_name". That is - name of the computer should be typed first followed by "\" followed by the actual user name. Click OK button
7. Finish the wizard. At the end there will be a pause caused by drivers being downloaded from the home computer.
8. That's it.. Print test page to make sure everything works.