6Click Share this printer, and assign a name to your printer.

7Follow the directions on the computer screen until installation is complete. Windows 2000 or Windows XP users only:

1For more information, see the setup information that came with your printer.

2Click Start Œ Settings Œ Printers.

3Right-click your printer icon, and select Sharing.

4Click Shared as, and assign a name to your printer.

5Follow the directions on the computer screen until installation is complete.

Installing the shared printer on other network computers (on the client computers)

Using the peer-to-peer method

Using the point-and-print method

1

Go to a network computer that you want to enable

1 Go to a network computer that you want to enable to

 

 

to print to the shared printer.

print to the shared printer.

2

Insert the printer software CD.

2 Browse the Network Neighborhood until you find the

3

Agree to the license agreement, and then click

name of the shared printer assigned in step 4 on

 

Next.

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3 Right-click the printer icon, and select Open or

4

Select Manual Setup.

Connect.

5

From the Network Printer Setup dialog, select the

4 This will copy a subset of the printer software from

 

Peer-to-Peerclient option, and then click Next.

 

the host computer. A printer object will be created in

6

Select the appropriate printer from the list, and then

the Printers folder of the client.

 

click Next.

 

 

 

7

Select the software you want to install, and then click

 

 

 

Next.

 

 

8

When setup is complete, click Finished.

 

 

9

Repeat this procedure for each network computer

 

 

 

you want to access the shared printer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configure network printers

Configure

To configure a network printer, select a printer from the list in the window. Click Configure to assign the printer an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Contact your system support person for more information.

Add printers

Specify remote subnets that may have direct network attached printers. If the software detects a direct network attached printer, you must first highlight the printer in the window, and then click Configure to manually assign an IP address to the printer. Contact your system support person for more information.

Note: The software does not automatically configure printers found on remote subnets.

Refresh

Click Refresh to have the Configuration Utility automatically search to find and configure newly added printers.

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