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An HP M521dn multifunction printer (black-and-white only) is available for CCE Erie staff at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC). This is a shared BNMC printer and is not owned by CCE. Staff can print to the printer while connected to the "BNMC_Guest" Wi‑Fi network.
Installing the Printer
To have this printer installed on your computer, please contact your local IT person (Tim) or submit a help desk ticket at https://westernhelpdesk.cce.cornell.edu.
The following install instructions are for IT staff.
- Verify staff laptop is connected to the "BNMC_Guest" wifi.
- Connect to VPN to download and save the full installer from "N:\Public\HP M521dn drivers" to the "C:\DISKS" folder
- Restart and log in to the computer using a local administrator account.
- Double click to run the full installer exe file. (Note: This installer does take a long time to load.)
- Click Customize link during install and select the options: HP update, scan, and status/alerts. Uncheck all the others (fax, etc) - they are not needed.
- On Connection Type screen, click on "Connect through a network" and "Automatically find my product..." to auto-detect.
- It will prompt to set as default and print test page. Verify test page printed. (This may take a couple of minutes.)
- At the end of the install, uncheck the options when prompted for HP connected and registering the device.
- Test scanning while logged in with the admin account. (The HP scan software shortcut should be visible on the desktop.)
- In Windows, go to Printers & Scanners - Open printer properties on HP printer and rename the device to BNMC HP LJ M521dn (192.168.99.50) for easy identification.
- RESTART the computer.
- Instruct staff member to log back in under their own user profile.
- Set printer as default, if desired. Test printing and scanning again to confirm functionality.