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Set up a printer share

By Service911.com tutorial
13/08/2007
URL: http://asia.cnet.com/digitalliving/tips/0,3800004921,20097765,00.htm

Step 1: Start printer panel

Start the printer setup panel by clicking Start / Settings / Printers.


1. Start printer panel
2. Enable the share
3. Start network panel
4. Enable printer sharing
5. Check Network Neighborhood

Step 2: Enable the share

Right-click the printer you want to set up for sharing, and choose Sharing. The print share setup screen appears. Give the printer a name (something short) and if you want, a brief description. Printer names should be descriptive, like color and black, upstairs and downstairs, Engineering and Payroll, etc. Click OK to complete the sharing setup.


1. Start printer panel
2. Enable the share
3. Start network panel
4. Enable printer sharing
5. Check Network Neighborhood

Step 3: Start network panel

Open the network setup window, either from the Control Panel or from the icon you created on your desktop.


1. Start printer panel
2. Enable the share
3. Start network panel
4. Enable printer sharing
5. Check Network Neighborhood

Step 4: Enable printer sharing

Click File and Printer Sharing, and check the Print Sharing option, if it isn't checked already. Click OK, then OK again, to dismiss the Network window. If asked, confirm the system restart.


1. Start printer panel
2. Enable the share
3. Start network panel
4. Enable printer sharing
5. Check Network Neighborhood

Step 5: Check Network Neighborhood

A few minutes after the computer with the shared printer comes back online, go to another network computer and check Network Neighborhood. Double click the icon for the computer with the shared printer, and the printer icon should appear.


1. Start printer panel
2. Enable the share
3. Start network panel
4. Enable printer sharing
5. Check Network Neighborhood