Dell V313W User's Guide - Page 71
Sharing a printer in a Windows environment, Universal Naming Convention UNC Port Name
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c From the Printer List dialog, choose the printer you want to use, and then click Add. d From the Printer Browser, select your printer, and then click Add. 3 A second print queue will be created. Remove the wireless queue if you do not want to switch back to accessing the printer over a wireless connection. Sharing a printer in a Windows environment 1 Prepare the computers to share the printer: a Make 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. b Install the printer software on all computers that will print to the printer. 2 Identify the printer: a On 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. 3 Press Enter, or click OK. b Right-click the name of your printer. c Click Sharing or Printer Properties. d From the Sharing tab, select Share this printer or Shared as. e Assign a distinctive name, and then click OK. 3 Locate the printer from the remote computer: Note: The remote computer is the one that is not attached to the printer. a 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. 3 Press Enter, or click OK. b Right-click the name of your printer. c Click Properties or Printer properties. d Click Ports > Add Port > Local Port > New Port. e Type 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 71. The name should be in the form \\server \printer. f Click OK. g Click Close on the Printer Ports dialog. h Make sure the new port is selected on the Ports tab, and then click Apply. i Click OK. Networking 71