Windows Printing

Add Windows Printer:

NOTE:  Printers are identified by location, manufacturer, model, and driver type.  We recommend you install the printer queue ending in PCL6.

To install a printer, choose one of the methods below that best meets your needs:

 

On campus you must be connected directly to the COP network, or via UAWiFi to print or install a COP printer. Off-campus use requires connecting through the Cisco VPN client.

 

NOTE for Students:                                             

To install the student printer in Phoenix Bldg 3 and Tucson’s Drachman Hall Room B-208, install the printer named “Ricoh-Printers“.   Students can use these directions to release their print job.

 

Method 1:  Search programs and files — (Easiest Method)

For Windows 10/11:

  1. Click the search bar and type in “\\print.pharmacy.arizona.edu” <enter>
  2. Go to Step 3.
  3. A list of COP printers will open.  Choose the printer you need and double click it.  It will download and install the necessary drivers.

 

Method 2:  Install using Windows “Devices and Printers”

  1.   Click “Start” + “Control Panel”
  2.   Click “Devices and Printers”
  3.   Click “Add Printer”
  4.   Click “Add a network, wireless, or bluetooth printer”
  5.   Click Stop to stop the search
  6.   Click “The printer that I want isn’t listed”
  7.   Select the radio button for “Select a shared printer by name”
  8.   Type in (without quotes): \\print.pharmacy.arizona.edu\”
  9.   Scroll and click the printer you want to install
  10.   Click “Next”
  11.   After the printer installs, select “Next”
  12.   If desired, check the “Set as the default printer” or click “Print a test page”
  13.   Click “Finish”

 

Method 3:  Install using Windows “Devices and Printers” 

  1.   Click “Start” + “Control Panel”
  2.   Click “Devices and Printers”
  3.   Click “Add Printer”
  4.   Click “Add a network, wireless, or bluetooth printer”
  5.   To sort the printers by name, in the Add Printer window, click the “Printer Name” column header
  6.   Scroll and double click the printer you want to install
  7.   After the printer installs, select “Next”
  8.   If desired, check the “Set as the default printer” or click “Print a test page”
  9.   Click “Finish”

Setting a Windows Default Printer:

Windows Vista/7/8/10:

  1. Click “Start”
  2. Click “Control Panel”
  3. Click or go to “Devices and Printers”
  4. Right click the printer you want to set as default
  5. Click “Set as default printer”

Manual Removal of Printers:

Windows 7/8/10:

  1. Click “Start”
  2. Click “Control Panel”
  3. Windows 7–click “Devices and Printers”; Windows 8/10–click  “Control Panel” and then click “Devices and Printers”
  4. Right click the printer you wish to delete
  5. Click “Remove Device”