Removing Campus Printers in Windows

This article explains how to remove a printer device from a machine in Windows (depending on the operating system version installed).

Key Points:

• Users can remove printers/copiers from a college machine they are logged in to at any time if they no longer need to print to them.  Removal of printers/copiers will only affect the current user that is logged in to the machine.
   
• With the old campus print servers (SR11PSRV01 and SR11PSRV02 for Parham Road, SR21PSRV01 and SR21PSRV02 for Downtown, and SR31PSRV01 and SR31PSRV02 for Goochland) being permanently taken offline as of Friday, October 27, 2023, users will need to remove any old printer connections from their machines to avoid printing errors.

Instructions:

For users that have Windows 10 machines

1. In the Taskbar (down at the bottom of your screen), click the magnifying glass icon to bring up the Windows search utility.  Type Printers & scanners and then press the Enter key.
   
   
   
   
   
   Tip: If you have multiple monitors, one of them may have a search box available to type in directly in the Taskbar -- it will say "Type here to search."  Type Printers & scanners in the search box and then press the Enter key.
   
   
    
2. In the Printers & scanners window, look for any printer/copier that you want to remove and select it.
   
   Note: It is critical that you remove any printer connection that has SR11PSRV01, SR11PSRV02, SR21PSRV01, SR21PSRV02, SR31PSRV01, or SR31PSRV02 in its naming description.
    
3. Click the option for Remove device and verify that the printer/copier has been removed from your Printers & scanners list.
   
   
    
4. Repeat the Steps 1-3 for any other printer/copier in the list that you wish to remove from your machine.

For users that have Windows 11 machines

1. In the Taskbar (down at the bottom of your screen), click the magnifying glass icon with the word Search to bring up the Windows search utility.  Type Printers & Scanners and press the Enter key.
   
   
    
2. In the Printers & scanners window, look for any printer/copier that you wish to remove and select it.
   
   Note: It is critical that you remove any printer/copier has an old server name of SR11PSRV01, SR11PSRV02, SR21PSRV01, SR21PSRV02, SR31PSRV01, or SR31PSRV02 in its naming description.
   
   
    
3. Click the option for Remove and verify that the printer/copier has been removed from your Printers & scanners list.
   
   
    
4. Repeat the Steps 1-3 for any other printer/copier in the list that you wish to remove from your machine.