How-To Connect a Printer 🖨️

This page will guide you through the process of setting up and connecting to one of the two shared printers here at the IHC office space. This printer is easily accessible once connected to the IHC office space network, either wired in or connected wirelessly via eduroam or umd-guest. Both printers are multi-functional printers capable printing color, B/W pages, scanning, and copying. IHC-CPS1 is located near the Kitchen and IHC-CPS2 is located in the large, internal lab space. At the bottom of this page there is a diagram where each is located, noted by a Red Star.

Instructions for macOS devices

1. Open the System Settings

2. In the sidebar, choose the Printers & Scanners option

3. Click the Add Printer, Scanner, or Fax.. button

4. In the pop-up window, choose the IP tab

5. In the Address field, type: IHC-CPS1 or IHC-CPS2

6. In the Protocol dropdown, choose AirPrint

   Open

   

   It should look like this

7. Lastly, click the Add button, this may take a minute or two.

8. The printer has been successfully connected!

Instructions for Windows devices

1. Open Settings

2. In the sidebar, choose the Bluetooth & devicesoption

3. Choose the Printers & scanners option

4. Click the Add device button

5. If the ihc-cps1 (HP Color LaserJet MFP 5800) comes up

   1. Click the Add device button next to it, this may take a minute or two to install

   2. The printer has been successfully connected!

6. If The printer that I want isn’t listed comes up

   1. Click the Add manually option next to it

   2. Choose the Add a printer using an IP address or hostname option, click the Next button

   3. In the Device type dropdown, choose IPP Device

   4. In the Hostname or IP address field, type: IHC-CPS1 or IHC-CPS2

Open

It should look like this

7. Lastly, click the Next button, this may take a minute or two

8. The printer has been successfully connected!

Printer Location:

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