Lexmark 90P3000 Sharing a printer in a Windows environment, c Click Sharing or Printer Properties

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3From the Printer List dialog, choose the printer you want to use, and then click Add.

4From the Printer Browser, select your printer, and then click Add.

Sharing a printer in a Windows environment

1Prepare the computers to share the printer:

aMake all computers printing to the printer accessible through Network Neighborhood by enabling File and Print Sharing. See the Windows documentation for instructions on enabling File and Print Sharing.

bInstall the printer software on all computers that will print to the printer.

2Identify the printer:

aOn the computer that is attached to the printer, open the printers folder:

1Click , or click Start and then click Run.

2In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3Press Enter, or click OK.

bRight‑click the name of your printer.

cClick Sharing or Printer Properties.

dFrom the Sharing tab, select Share this printer or Shared as.

eAssign a distinctive name, and then click OK.

3Locate the printer from the remote computer:

Note: The remote computer is the one that is not attached to the printer.

aOpen the printers folder:

1Click , or click Start and then click Run.

2In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3Press Enter, or click OK.

bRight‑click the name of your printer.

cClick Properties or Printer properties.

dClick Ports > Add Port > Local Port > New Port.

eType the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Port Name, which consists of the server name and the distinctive printer name that was specified in step 2 on page 116. The name should be in the form \\server\printer.

fClick OK.

gClick Close on the Printer Ports dialog.

hMake sure the new port is selected on the Ports tab, and then click Apply.

iClick OK.

Sharing a printer in a Macintosh environment

1From the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help.

2In the Search field, type sharing the printer on a network, and then press return.