Printing Wireless Using Windows-Based Laptops in TMEC 225

This step-by-step document shows you how to add a printer from the HMS Wireless Quad using a Windows-based laptop. This documentation is based on running Windows 2000. Please note that these steps may vary for Windows 98 and Windows XP users. Printing is currently available using only the HP 8150N printer located in TMEC Rm. 225. If you encounter a problem during installation, please contact the Student Computing Support Desk by filling out an online form.

The wireless computer network is available in the TMEC, specific common areas in the Countway Library, Courtyard Café, and the Vanderbilt Halls. Click here to see a map of wireless access points throughout the HMS quad.

More information about the HMS Wireless Quad service is available at the Harvard Medical School's Information Technology Department (http://www.hms.harvard.edu/it/wireless/index.html).


Summary of Required Steps:

I. Log in to the HMS Wirless Quad
II. Add a Network Printer to Your Laptop

I. Log in to the HMS Wireless Quad

1. Launch a web browser, such as Internet Explorer.
2. Log in to the HMS Wireless Quad to activate your wireless network connection. Use your eCommons username and case-sensitive password.

Figure 1. HMS Wireless Login Page

II. Add a Network Printer

1. Click on the Start menu, then Settings and then Printers.
2. Double click the Add Printer icon in the Printers window. Click on the button, Next.

Figure 2. Add Printer Wizard


3. Click the select button, Network Printer. Then click Next.

Figure 3. Local or Network Printer Window


4. Select the button, Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet, in the dialog window, Locate Your Printer. Enter in the URL: text field the following information: http://134.174.145.10/printers/HPLaserJ8150 /.printer Click the button, Next.

Figure 4. Locate Your Printer


5. In the window dialog, Enter Network Password, enter the following information:

Username: med\<your eCommons username>
Password: <your eCommons case-sensitive password>

Click OK.

Figure 5. Enter Network Password


6. The printer has been installed on your machine when the following icon appears in your list of printers:

Figure 6. HP LaserJet 8150 PCL 6



7. Click on Yes or No if you want this printer to be your default printer. Then click Next. Then click Finish.



8. Test the wireless connection by right clicking on the HP Laserjet 8150 PCL 6 icon in your Printer list. Click on the button, Print Test Page to see if it prints out a test page at the 8150 printer in TMEC 225.



*Note: The installation of a network printer needs to happen only once. However, you must always authenticate to connect to the HMS Wireless Network before you can do a print job.