Searching for Printers

Searching for printers is possible only on an Active Directory network. In a large corporate network, hundreds or thousands of network printers might be scattered over a large area. Find Printers lets an AD network user find just the right type of printer using a powerful query form. This feature is handy if you’re a business traveler using the network in an unfamiliar office, or if you’re in such a large office setting that you aren’t familiar with all the printing resources on your network.

To search AD for a printer, open File Explorer and select Network in the left pane. In the ribbon, click Search Active Directory and select Printers from the Find drop-down list. You can leave the scope set to Entire Directory, or ...

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