How to get a Windows 2000 Printer Name

by Curtis Krauskopf

Printers installed in Windows 2000 usually default to the manufacturer and model number of the printer. However, the computer manufacturer or your Information Technology (IT) department might have assigned a different name when the printer was installed.

How to obtain your printer name

Click on the Start button.

The Start menu appears. Your start menu might look slightly different than this one.

Hover the mouse over the Settings menu entry. A Settings sub-menu appears. Click on the Control Panel menu entry.

The Control Panel screen appears. Your menu will look similar to one of the following three screen shots:

Double-click on the Printer icon. A window showing the printers installed on the system appears.

The printer's name is shown next to the printer's icon. The name the name of the printer in this example is "hp photosmart 7150 series". The black checkmark near the printer means it is the default printer -- the printer that will be used if no other printer is specified when printing a document.

To close the printer list, click on the X in the upper right corner of the window.

Click here to return to the USB Printer Installation web page.