Hello,
I'm a new IT admin at a small company (10-12 PCs running Windows 7 or 8) which has 4 printers. I'd like to install the printers either connected to the server or as wireless printers (1 is old enough to require a USB connection to a PC, no network capability), such that every PC has access to each printer.
Don't worry about the USB printer - I know it's not the best way to share a printer, but it's not a critical printer; I just want it available when its PC is on.
I've read a lot about the best way to set up printers, including stuff about group policy and print server, but I am not a network administrator, and I don't really understand any of it. I'd just like to install the drivers on the server or something, and then share them. Right now all the printers do something a little different: one is on a WSD port, two has a little "shared" icon, one has the icon but also a "network" icon... it's very confusing. Can anyone help me with a basic setup that I can do for each printer?
p.s. they all have a reserved IP address.
Thanks,
Laura