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To check that the printer was successfully shared. • Make sure the printer object in the Printers folder shows it is shared. For example, in Windows 2000, a hand is shown underneath the printer icon. • Browse Network Neighborhood. Find the host name of the server and look for the shared name you assigned the printer. Now, follow these instructions while you are at the other person's computer: 1 Click Start → Settings → Printers. 2 Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer wizard. 3 Click Network Print Server. 4 Select the network printer from the Shared printers list. If the printer is not listed, type in the path of the printer in the text box. For example:\\\ The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it to the network. The shared printer name is the name assigned during the server installation process. 5 Click OK. If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a printer driver. If no system driver is available, then you will need to provide a path to available drivers. 6 Select whether you want this printer as the default printer for this client, and then click Finish. Print a test page to verify printer installation. 1 Click Start → Settings → Printer. 2 Select the printer you just created. 3 Click File → Properties. 4 From the General tab, click Print Test Page. When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete. Using your printer 19

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Using your printer
19
To check that the printer was successfully shared.
•
Make sure the printer object in the Printers folder shows it is shared. For
example, in Windows 2000, a hand is shown underneath the printer icon.
•
Browse Network Neighborhood. Find the host name of the server and look
for the shared name you assigned the printer.
Now, follow these instructions while you are at the other person’s computer:
1
Click
Start
→
Settings
→
Printers
.
2
Click
Add Printer
to launch the Add Printer wizard.
3
Click
Network Print Server
.
4
Select the network printer from the Shared printers list. If the printer is not
listed, type in the path of the printer in the text box.
For example:
\\<server host name>\<shared printer name>
The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it
to the network. The shared printer name is the name assigned during the
server installation process.
5
Click
OK
.
If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a printer driver. If no
system driver is available, then you will need to provide a path to available
drivers.
6
Select whether you want this printer as the default printer for this client,
and then click
Finish
.
Print a test page to verify printer installation.
1
Click
Start
→
Settings
→
Printer
.
2
Select the printer you just created.
3
Click
File
→
Properties
.
4
From the General tab, click
Print Test Page
.
When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete.