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For more information about USB device sharing, see the support information on the Apple Web site (www.apple.com) or the Apple Macintosh Help on the computer.
To share the device among computers
1.Open System Preferences, click Print & Fax, and then do one of the following, based on the operating system you are using:
a. Mac OS X (v10.4): Click the Sharing tab, check the box next to Share these
printers with other computers, and then select the printer to be shared. b. Mac OS X (v10.5): Select a printer, and then click Share this printer.
2.To print from the other Macintosh computers (the clients) on the network, do the following:
a. Click File, and then select Page Setup in the document you want to print.
NOTE: Some Mac OS X (v10.5) applications do not have a Page Setup menu, it is included in the Print menu.
b. In the
c. Select the Paper Size, and then click OK.
d. In the document, click File, and then select Print.
e. From the
f. Make additional settings, if necessary, and then click Print.
Set up the device for wireless communication (some models only)
You may set up the device for wireless communication using one of the following ways:
Setup method | Infrastructure | Ad hoc wireless |
| wireless | communication |
| communication |
|
USB cable
For more information, see To set up the device for wireless communication using the installer (Mac OS X) or To set up wireless communication using the installer (Windows).
NOTE: If you encounter problems, see Solve wireless problems.
To use the device with any wireless connection, you must run the installation program at least once from the Starter CD and create a wireless connection.
Make sure the device is not connected to the network using a network cable.
The sending device must have
The device and the computers that use it must be on the same subnet.
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