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job processing. This lets network clients return to their programs much faster. If you use the point and print method, a subset of driver information is copied from the server to the client computer. This is just enough information to send a print job to the printer. 1. On the Windows desktop of the client computer, double-click Network Neighborhood. 2. Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name. 3. Right-click the shared printer name, and then click Install. Wait for the driver information to copy from the server computer to the client computer, and for a new printer object to be added to the Printers folder. The time this takes varies, based on network traffic and other factors. 4. Close Network Neighborhood. 5. Print a test page to verify print installation. 6. For Windows XP only: Click Start Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Printers and Faxes. For all others: Click Start Settings Printers. 7. Select the printer you just created. 8. Click File Properties. 9. From the General tab, click Print Test Page. When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete. Peer-to-peer If you use the peer-to-peer method, the printer driver is fully installed on each client computer. Network clients retain control of driver modifications. The client computer handles the print job processing. 1. For Windows XP only: Click Start Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Printers and Faxes. For all others: 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.

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job processing. This lets network clients return to their programs much faster.
If you use the point and print method, a subset of driver information is copied from the server to the client
computer. This is just enough information to send a print job to the printer.
On the Windows desktop of the client computer, double-click
Network
Neighborhood
.
1.
Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name.
2.
Right-click the shared printer name, and then click
Install
.
3.
Wait for the driver information to copy from the server computer to the client computer, and for a new
printer object to be added to the Printers folder. The time this takes varies, based on network traffic
and other factors.
Close Network Neighborhood.
4.
Print a test page to verify print installation.
5.
For Windows XP only: Click
Start
Control Panel
Printers and Other Hardware
Printers and
Faxes
.
6.
For all others: Click
Start
Settings
Printers
.
Select the printer you just created.
7.
Click
File
Properties
.
8.
From the General tab, click
Print
Test
Page
.
9.
When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete.
Peer-to-peer
If you use the peer-to-peer method, the printer driver is fully installed on each client computer. Network
clients retain control of driver modifications. The client computer handles the print job processing.
For Windows XP only: Click
Start
Control Panel
Printers and Other Hardware
Printers and
Faxes
.
1.
For all others: Click
Start
Settings
Printers
.
Click
Add
Printer
to launch the Add Printer wizard.
2.
Click
Network
Print
Server
.
3.
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.
4.