Note

To avoid unnecessary spooling, background printing should be turned off for all client computers.

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2.If you’re prompted for a password, enter the password for the printer and click OK.

3.Make sure Background Printing is turned off. Then close the Chooser.

When done setting up your network connection, be sure to complete the following:

•Run a nozzle check from the control panel, as described on page 5-4.

•Perform a print head alignment from the control panel, as described on page 5-7.

Note

This section tells you how to configure your printer as a shared printer on a network. To connect your printer directly to a network without setting it up as a shared printer, consult your network administrator.

Setting Up on a Windows 95, 98, or Me Network

This section tells you how to set up your printer so that computers on the network can share it. First install the printer software on every computer that will need to access the printer, as described on page 1-29.

Then configure the host computer (the computer to which you connected the printer) to share the printer, and configure the client computers to connect to it.

Configuring the Host Computer

Perform these steps on the computer to which you connected the printer:

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

2.Double-click the Network icon.

3.Click the File and Print Sharing button. You see this dialog box: