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Peer-to-Peer, Network Print Server

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Wait for the software information to copy from the print server computer to the client computer, and for a new printer object to be added to the Printers folder. The time this takes varies, based on network traffic and other factors. 4. Close My Network Places or Network Neighborhood. 5. Print a test page to verify printer installation. a. For Windows XP (default Start menu): 1. Click Start® Control Panel. 2. Double-click Printers and Other Hardware. 3. Double-click Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP (Classic Start menu): Click Start® Settings® Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista (Classic Start menu) and all other Windows versions: Click Start® Settings® Printers. For Windows Vista (default Start menu): 1. Click ® Control Panel. 2. Click Hardware and Sound. 3. Click Printers. b. Right-click the printer you just created. c. Click Properties. d. Click Print Test Page. When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is completed. Peer-to-Peer If you use the Peer-to-Peer method, the printer software is fully installed on each client computer. Network clients retain control of software modifications. The client computer handles the print job processing. 1. For Windows XP (default Start menu): a. Click Start® Control Panel. b. Double-click Printers and Other Hardware. c. Double-click Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP (Classic Start menu): Click Start® Settings® Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista (Classic Start menu) and all other Windows versions: Click Start® Settings® Printers. For Windows Vista (default Start menu): a. Click ® Control Panel. b. Click Hardware and Sound. c. Click Printers. 2. Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer Wizard. 3. Click Network Print Server.

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Wait for the software information to copy from the print server computer to the client computer, and for a new
printer object to be added to the Printers folder. The time this takes varies, based on network traffic and other
factors.
4. Close My Network Places or Network Neighborhood.
5. Print a test page to verify printer installation.
a.
For Windows XP (default Start menu):
1. Click
Start
®
Control Panel
.
2. Double-click
Printers and Other Hardware
.
3. Double-click
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows XP (Classic Start menu):
Click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows Vista (Classic Start menu) and all other Windows versions:
Click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers
.
For Windows Vista (default Start menu):
1. Click
®
Control Panel
.
2. Click
Hardware and Sound
.
3. Click
Printers
.
b. Right-click the printer you just created.
c. Click
Properties
.
d. Click
Print Test Page
.
When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is completed.
Peer-to-Peer
If you use the Peer-to-Peer method, the printer software is fully installed on each client computer. Network clients retain
control of software modifications. The client computer handles the print job processing.
1.
For Windows XP (default Start menu):
a. Click
Start
®
Control Panel
.
b. Double-click
Printers and Other Hardware
.
c. Double-click
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows XP (Classic Start menu):
Click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows Vista (Classic Start menu) and all other Windows versions:
Click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers
.
For Windows Vista (default Start menu):
a. Click
®
Control Panel
.
b. Click
Hardware and Sound
.
c. Click
Printers
.
2. Click
Add Printer
to launch the Add Printer Wizard.
3. Click
Network Print Server
.