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How To / Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

For Windows NT 4.0 Users

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.

Note:

This section is written for small network users only. If you are on a large network and would like to share your printer, consult your network administrator.

First, you need to set up the printer as a shared printer on the computer to which the printer is connected. Then, you must specify the network path to the printer from each computer that will use it, and install the printer software on those computers.

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

Follow these steps to share a printer that is connected directly to your computer with others on a network.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Select your printer, then click Sharing on the File menu.

Click Shared and enter the Share Name.

Click OK.

Note:

Do not choose any drivers from the Alternate Drivers list.

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Accessing the printer through a network

To access your printer from another computer on the network, follow these steps.

Note:

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.

Install the printer driver to the client computer from the software CD-ROM.

Double-click the Printers icon from the Control Panel, right-click on your printer's icon, then click Properties from the list of options.

Click the Ports tab, then click Add Port.

The following dialog appears. Select Local Port, then click New Port.

The following dialog box appears. In the text box, type:
\\name of computer that is connected to the printer\name of the shared printer

Click OK.

In the Printer Ports dialog box, click Close to return to the Ports menu.

On the Ports menu, make sure that the new port is added and the corresponding check box is selected. Click OK to close the printer driver.

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