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Setting up your printer as a shared printer
Accessing the printer through a network

This section tells you how to set up your printer so that other computers on the network can use it. First, you need to set up the printer as a shared printer on the computer to which the printer is connected.

Then, you need to install the printer software on the other computers on the network and specify the network path from these computers to the printer.

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

Follow these steps to share a printer connected directly to your computer with other computers on a network:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Network.

3. Click File and Print Sharing.

4. Click the I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) check box and click OK.

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5. In the Network window, click OK.

6. In Control Panel, double click Printers.

7. Select your printer, and choose Sharing from the File menu.

8. Click Shared As, enter printer information as needed, then click OK.

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Accessing the printer through a network

To access your printer from another computer on a network, you need to install the printer software in the computer you want to print from, then set the network path to the printer. Follow these steps.

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Your printer must be set up as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer. For instructions, see Setting up your printer as a shared printer.

1. Install the printer software in the computer you want to print from.

2. Double-click the My Computer icon.

3. Double-click the Printers folder.

4. Right-click the icon of your printer, and click Properties.

5. Click the Details tab. Then click the Add Port button.

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6. Click Browse.

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7. Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected to the printer. Then click the printer's icon and click OK.

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8. Click OK again to close the Add Port and Properties dialog boxes.

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