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Windows XP users: 1 Click Start ΠSettings ΠPrinters and Faxes. 2 Right-click the Lexmark 4800 Series icon. 3 Click Sharing. 4 Select Share this printer, and then give the printer a distinctive name. 5 Click OK. Windows 2000 users: 1 Click Start ΠSettings ΠPrinters. 2 Right-click the Lexmark 4800 Series icon. 3 Click Sharing. 4 Select Shared as, and then give the printer a distinctive name. 5 Click OK. Try to locate the printer from the remote computer If the printer is shown as Shared on the host computer, but you still cannot print, try to locate the printer from the remote computer. Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista users: 1 Open the Printers or Printers and Faxes folder. 2 Right-click the Lexmark 4800 Series icon. 3 Click Properties. 4 Click the Ports tab, and then click the Add Port button. 5 Select Local Port, and then click the New Port button. 6 Type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Port name, which consists of the server name and the distinctive printer name. The name should be in the form \\server\printer. 7 Click OK. 8 Click Close. 9 Make sure the new port has been selected on the Ports tab, and then click Apply. The new port is listed with the printer name. 10 Click OK. Restart the host computer and the remote computer Try printing again. Printer is not able to communicate with the computer The printer and computer are not able to exchange data. Verify that the printer is plugged in, and the light is on. 134

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Windows XP users:
1
Click
Start
Settings
Printers and Faxes
.
2
Right-click the
Lexmark 4800 Series
icon.
3
Click
Sharing
.
4
Select
Share this printer
, and then give the printer a distinctive name.
5
Click
OK
.
Windows 2000 users:
1
Click
Start
Settings
Printers
.
2
Right-click the
Lexmark 4800 Series
icon.
3
Click
Sharing
.
4
Select
Shared as
, and then give the printer a distinctive name.
5
Click
OK
.
Try to locate the printer from the remote computer
If the printer is shown as Shared on the host computer, but you still cannot print, try to locate the printer from the
remote computer.
Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista users:
1
Open the
Printers
or
Printers and Faxes
folder.
2
Right-click the
Lexmark 4800 Series
icon.
3
Click
Properties
.
4
Click the
Ports
tab, and then click the
Add Port
button.
5
Select
Local Port
, and then click the
New Port
button.
6
Type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Port name, which consists of the server name and the distinctive
printer name.
The name should be in the form
\\server\printer
.
7
Click
OK
.
8
Click
Close
.
9
Make sure the new port has been selected on the Ports tab, and then click
Apply
.
The new port is listed with the printer name.
10
Click
OK
.
Restart the host computer and the remote computer
Try printing again.
Printer is not able to communicate with the computer
The printer and computer are not able to exchange data. Verify that the printer is plugged in, and the
light is on.
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