Lexmark 90T9105 Sharing a printer in a Windows environment, In Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier

In Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier

1From the Finder desktop, choose Go > Utilities.

2Double-click Print Center or Printer Setup Utility, depending on the operating system version you are using. The Printer List dialog appears.

3Choose the printer you want to use.

4Click Add.

The Printer Browser appears.

5Select your printer.

6Click 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, do one of the following: 1 Click , or click Start and then click Run.

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

3Press Enter, or click OK. The printer folder opens.

bRight-click the name of your printer.

cClick Sharing.

dFrom the Sharing tab, select Share this printer or Shared as, and then assign a distinctive name.

eClick OK.

3Locate the printer from the remote computer:

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

aDo one of the following:

1Click , or click Start and then click Run.

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

3Press Enter, or click OK. The printer folder opens.

bRight-click the name of your printer.

cClick Properties.

dClick the Ports tab, and then click Add Port.

eSelect Local Port, and then click New Port.

fType 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 114. The name should be in the form \\server \printer.

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