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Peer-to-Peer Networking

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Peer-to-Peer Networking You can share your printer with other users on the network through peer-to-peer sharing. Connect the printer directly to a computer (the host computer) using the USB cable, and enable it to be shared across the network through peer-to-peer sharing. Sharing the printer using your computer may slow down the speed of your computer. To share the printer: 1. Assign a "share name" to the printer. For more information, see Sharing the Printer on the Network. 2. Set up the network computers that you want to connect and use the shared printer. For more information, see Adding the Shared Printer on Other Network Computers. Sharing the Printer on the Network On the host computer or network computer where the printer is directly connected by USB cable, share the printer. In Windows Vista™: 1. Click  Control Panel. 2. Click Hardware and Sound. 3. Click Printers. 4. Right-click your printer icon, and then select Sharing. 5. Click Change sharing options. 6. Click Continue. 7. Click Share this printer, and assign a name to your printer. 8. Click OK. In Windows® XP and Windows 2000: 1. In Windows XP, click Start Settings Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Printers and Faxes. In Windows 2000, click Start Settings Printers. 2. Right-click the printer icon, and then select Sharing. 3. Click Share this printer, and assign a name to your printer.

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Peer-to-Peer Networking
You can share your printer with other users on the network through peer-to-peer sharing. Connect the
printer directly to a computer (the host computer) using the USB cable, and enable it to be shared
across the network through peer-to-peer sharing. Sharing the printer using your computer may slow
down the speed of your computer.
To share the printer:
1.
Assign a “share name” to the printer. For more information, see
Sharing the Printer on the
Network
.
2.
Set up the network computers that you want to connect and use the shared printer. For more
information, see
Adding the Shared Printer on Other Network Computers
.
Sharing the Printer on the Network
On the host computer or network computer where the printer is directly connected by USB cable,
share the printer.
In Windows Vista™:
1.
Click
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Hardware and Sound
.
3.
Click
Printers
.
4.
Right-click your printer icon, and then select
Sharing
.
5.
Click
Change sharing options
.
6.
Click
Continue
.
7.
Click
Share this printer
, and assign a name to your printer.
8.
Click
OK
.
In Windows
®
XP and Windows 2000:
1.
In Windows XP
, click
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Printers and Other Hardware
Printers and Faxes
.
In Windows 2000
, click
Start
Settings
Printers
.
2.
Right-click the printer icon, and then select
Sharing
.
3.
Click
Share this printer
, and assign a name to your printer.