Setting Up Network Printers
Throughout the Edmonds School District there are printers connected to the network that you can print to. You will need to install the printer and then set your preferred printer as the default.
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Installing Network Printers
To print to a network printer, you must first install the printer on your computer. Log into Windows while connected to the district network (wirelessly or wired) and then follow these directions:
NOTE: If you are using Internet Explorer, click the link for your school server in this list, use your 'back' button to return here, and then skip to step 4 below
- From the Start menu, choose Run
- In the Open field, type \\ followed by the name of your school’s server
- With the server name entered, click OK
- Double-click the printer you want to set up.
- Wait while your computer connects and installs the printer. It may take a little while depending on network traffic and speed.
- Close the Printer window
- Repeat steps 4-6 to set up additional printers, or close the Server window
The Run dialog box opens
Note: If you don't know your school server name, click here
A window opens listing all the network printers on the server you entered
Note: The printers are named first for the school (i.e. SV ), then for the room (i.e. RM-35 or LIBRARY ) and last for which printer it is in that room (i.e. 1 or 2 )
The Connecting To message opens.
When it is finished, the Printer window opens
Note: If you want this to be your default printer, please follow the directions for Setting the Default Printer.
topServer List
Click Start, choose Run, type the link for your school, and click OK.
- Alderwood Early Childhood Center: \\aw-1
- Alderwood Middle: \\am-1
- Beverly Elementary: \\bev-1
- Brier Elementary: \\br-1
- Brier Terrace Middle: \\btm-1
- Cedar Valley: \\cv-1
- Cedar Way: \\cw-1
- Chase Lake: \\cl-1
- College Place Elementary: \\cp-1
- College Place Middle: \\cpm-1
- Edmonds Elementary: \\ed-1
- Edmonds Home School Resource Center: \\owh-1
- Edmonds Woodway High: \\ewh-1
- Evergreen Elementary: \\eg-1
- Hazelwood Elementary: \\hw-1
- Hilltop Elementary: \\ht-1
- Lynndale Elementary: \\ld-1
- Lynnwood Elementary: \\lw-1
- Lynnwood High: \\lh-1
- Madrona: \\ma-1
- Maplewood: \\mw-1
- Martha Lake: \\ml-1
- Meadowdale Elementary: \\md-1
- Meadowdale Middle: \\mm-1
- Meadowdale High: \\mdh-1
- Mountlake Terrace Elementary: \\mt-1
- Mountlake Terrace High: \\th-1
- Oak Heights: \\oh-1
- Scriber Lake High and Options: \\slh-1
- Seaview: \\sv-1
- Sherwood: \\sw-1
- Spruce: \\sp-1
- Terrace Park: \\tp-1
- Westgate: \\wg-1
- Woodway: \\ww-1
Note: While Scriber is at its transition location, its server name remains \\slh-1
Setting the Default Printer
The default printer is the one your computer automatically prints to when you click the Print button. If you want to change your default printer, follow these directions:
- From the Start menu, choose Printers and Faxes
- Right-click on the printer that you want to set as your default.
- Select Set as Default Printer
- Close the Printers window
The Printers and Faxes window opens
The context menu opens
The printer now has a checkmark and is the default printer