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Sharing a printer in a Windows environment, In Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier

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In Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier a From the Finder, choose Utilities. b Double-click Printer Setup Utility or Print Center. 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. The printer folder opens. b Right-click the name of your printer. c Click Sharing. d From the Sharing tab, select Share this printer or Shared as, and then assign a distinctive name. e 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. The printer folder opens. b Right-click the name of your printer. c Click Properties. d Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port. e Select Local Port, and then click New Port. f 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 73. The name should be in the form \\server \printer. g Click OK. h Click Close on the Printer Ports dialog. Networking 73

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In Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier
a
From the Finder, choose
Utilities
.
b
Double-click
Printer Setup Utility
or
Print Center
.
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
.
The printer folder opens.
b
Right-click the name of your printer.
c
Click
Sharing
.
d
From the Sharing tab, select
Share this printer
or
Shared as
, and then assign a distinctive name.
e
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
.
The printer folder opens.
b
Right-click the name of your printer.
c
Click
Properties
.
d
Click the
Ports
tab, and then click
Add Port
.
e
Select
Local Port
, and then click
New Port
.
f
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 73. The name should be in the form
\\server
\printer
.
g
Click
OK
.
h
Click
Close
on the Printer Ports dialog.
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