How to: Install a Network Printer in Windows 11 (via Campus Printing)

Overview

These steps show you how to add a network printer in Windows 11.

Steps to Add a Network Printer

1. Access Campus Printing

  • Find the Campus Printing shortcut on your desktop.

  • Double-click the shortcut.

Desktop icons including “Campus Printing” printer shortcut (selected), “Microsoft Office 365,” and “OFFICE DFS” folders.

2. Find Your Printer

  • Open the folder for your campus: 
    • Allendale
    • Battle Creek
    • Detroit
    • Grand Rapids
    • Holland
    • Muskegon  
    • Traverse City 

Folder list of locations including Allendale, Battle Creek, Detroit; “Grand Rapids” folder selected.

  • Open the folder for your building.
    • Example: Cook-DeVos Center for Health-Sciences

Folder list of campus buildings; “Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences” folder selected.

3. Select and Install the Printer

  • Find your printer name
    • Example: CHS288

  • Double-click the printer name.
    Printer list showing “CHS288-XEROX-C625” selected among available printers.

  • If a security message appears, click Open.

4. Finish Setup

  • Wait while Windows installs the printer.
    Installing print driver for CHS288-XEROX-C625; please wait.

  • When the installation finishes, click Close.
    Print driver CHS288-XEROX-C625 installed successfully; Close button available.

Troubleshooting

  • Make sure you are connected to the GVSU network.
  • If you see an error message or the install takes longer than 5 minutes, you may not have access to that printer.
  • Contact the IT Service Desk for additional help:
    • Email: it@gvsu.edu
    • Phone: 616-331-2101
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