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GP-C830/GP-M830/GP-C831/GP-M831/GP-C832/GP-M832 User's Guide Sharing the printer when the firewall is on Note: To share files and printers when the Windows firewall is on, perform the following procedure. Windows 8.1, 8, Server 2012 R2, or Server 2012 1. Click Desktop on the Start screen, move the cursor to the top-right corner of the screen, click Settings, and then click Control Panel. Next, click System and Security, and then click Windows Firewall. 2. Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off in the window on the left. Make sure that Block all incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed apps is not selected, and then click OK. 3. Click Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall in the window on the left. 4. Select File and Printer Sharing, and then click OK. Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click Windows Firewall. 2. Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off in the window on the left. Make sure that Block all incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed programs is not selected, and then click OK. 3. Click Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall in the window on the left. 4. Select Share file and printer, and then click OK. Windows Vista or Server 2008 1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. 2. Click Security, and then click Windows Firewall to open the Windows Firewall dialog box. 3. Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off in the window on the left. When the User Account Control dialog box is displayed, click Continue. 4. Make sure that Block all incoming connections is not selected in the General tab. Printer Software 46

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Sharing the printer when the firewall is on
Note:
To share files and printers when the Windows firewall is on, perform the following procedure.
Windows 8.1, 8, Server 2012 R2, or Server 2012
1.
Click
Desktop
on the Start screen, move the cursor to the top-right corner of the screen, click
Settings
, and then click
Control Panel
. Next, click
System and Security
, and then click
Windows Firewall
.
2.
Click
Turn Windows Firewall on or off
in the window on the left. Make sure that
Block all
incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed apps
is not selected, and then
click
OK
.
3.
Click
Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall
in the window on the left.
4.
Select
File and Printer Sharing
, and then click
OK
.
Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2
1.
Click
Start
, click
Control Panel
, click
System and Security
, and then click
Windows
Firewall
.
2.
Click
Turn Windows Firewall on or off
in the window on the left. Make sure that
Block all
incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed programs
is not selected, and
then click
OK
.
3.
Click
Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall
in the window on the left.
4.
Select
Share file and printer
, and then click
OK
.
Windows Vista or Server 2008
1.
Click
Start
, and then click
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Security
, and then click
Windows Firewall
to open the
Windows Firewall
dialog box.
3.
Click
Turn Windows Firewall on or off
in the window on the left. When the
User Account
Control
dialog box is displayed, click
Continue
.
4.
Make sure that
Block all incoming connections
is not selected in the
General
tab.
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