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Adding the Shared Printer on Other Network Computers

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4. Click OK. Adding the Shared Printer on Other Network Computers To share the printer with other computers on the network, perform the following steps on the client computers: In Windows Vista: 1. Click  Control Panel. 2. Click Hardware and Sound. 3. Click Printers. 4. Click Add a printer. 5. Click Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. 6. To manually connect to the shared printer, click The printer I want isn't listed. 7. From the Find a printer by name or TCP/IP address dialog box, click Select a shared printer by name, and then type the printer share name. To view the name of the computer that you want to share the printer with, go to the host computer. a. Click  Control Panel. b. Click System and Maintenance. c. Click System. 8. Click Next. 9. Follow instructions on the computer screen to complete the installation. 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. Click Add a printer. 3. From the Add Printer Wizard dialog box, click Next. 4. From the Local or Network Printer dialog box, click A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer.

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4.
Click
OK
.
Adding the Shared Printer on Other Network Computers
To share the printer with other computers on the network, perform the following steps on the client
computers:
In Windows Vista:
1.
Click
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Hardware and Sound
.
3.
Click
Printers
.
4.
Click
Add a printer
.
5.
Click
Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer
.
6.
To manually connect to the shared printer, click
The printer I want isn’t listed
.
7.
From the
Find a printer by name or TCP/IP address
dialog box, click
Select a shared
printer by name
, and then type the printer share name.
To view the name of the computer that you want to share the printer with, go to the host
computer.
a.
Click
Control Panel
.
b.
Click
System and Maintenance
.
c.
Click
System
.
8.
Click
Next
.
9.
Follow instructions on the computer screen to complete the installation.
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.
Click
Add a printer
.
3.
From the
Add Printer Wizard
dialog box, click
Next
.
4.
From the
Local or Network Printer
dialog box, click
A network printer, or a printer
attached to another computer
.