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17 Select SETUP.EXE, and then click OK to launch the Dell Drivers and Utilities CD. 18 When the Dell Drivers and Utilities screen appears, click Install to install the additional software for your printer. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes. Otherwise, the Congratulations screen appears. 19 Close the Drivers and Utilities CD screen. Sharing your printer To share your new printer with other users, you need to set it up to be shared, and then copy the printer drivers to their computers: 1 Click Start → Settings → Printers. 2 Select the Dell Laser Printer P1500 icon. 3 Click File → Sharing. 4 Check the Shared as check box, and then type a name in the Shared Name text box. 5 Click Additional Drivers and select the operating systems of all other users printing to this printer. 6 Click OK. If you are missing files, you are prompted to insert the computer operating system CD. 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 to the printer. Other users who want to connect to your printer need to install the printer drivers on their computer: 1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD that came with the shared printer, and then click Install. 2 Click I am installing software for a printer that is shared through another computer. 3 Type the name of the computer and printer share name. For example, \\server1\dellprinter Connect your printer 59

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Connect your printer
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17
Select
SETUP.EXE,
and then click
OK
to launch the Dell
Drivers and Utilities
CD.
18
When the Dell
Drivers and Utilities
screen appears, click
Install
to install the
additional software for your printer.
If you are prompted to restart your computer, click
Yes
.
Otherwise, the Congratulations screen appears.
19
Close the
Drivers and Utilities
CD screen.
Sharing your printer
To share your new printer with other users, you need to set it up to be shared, and then copy
the printer drivers to their computers:
1
Click
Start
→
Settings
→
Printers
.
2
Select the
Dell Laser Printer P1500
icon.
3
Click
File
→
Sharing
.
4
Check the
Shared as
check box, and then type a name in the Shared Name text box.
5
Click
Additional
Drivers
and select the operating systems of all other users printing to
this printer.
6
Click
OK
.
If you are missing files, you are prompted to insert the computer operating system CD.
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 to the printer.
Other users who want to connect to your printer need to install the printer drivers on their
computer:
1
Insert the
Drivers and Utilities
CD that came with the shared printer, and then click
Install.
2
Click
I am installing software for a printer that is shared through another computer
.
3
Type the name of the computer and printer share name. For example,
\\server1\dellprinte
r