Yesterday, some netizens said that they don't know how to set up printer sharing. Today, Xiaobian will explain the meaning and settings of printer sharing, and the things that must be paid attention to. You can watch while watching: BR>
printer sharing meaning:
can use the same printer through a shared printer from any computer on the local area network, people can share a printer, thus greatly reducing the cost of consumables There is no need for one printer per person.
printer sharing settings Note: premise
printer sharing must be set to ensure that LAN is smooth, confirm the shared printer is turned on, if the printer driver has been installed, can Print normally.
because most are left Win7 operating system, but XP is still the most classic version of the system in use, so Benpian set up printer sharing tutorial explaining XP and Win7 are two settings of different systems.
XP system printer sharing how to set a
, the local printer is set to shared printers, so that other users can also use the LAN.
① Open the "Start" menu in the "Printers and Faxes"; after
② into the "Printers" window, right-click the need to share the printer, and then select "Share";
③ in the pop-up window we select "share" and then "share this printer", and from the shared name "lichaoMP140", then OK;
④ at this time, we will be computer Set to become a shared printer, the printer icon has a "small hand" more than before, which means that we set the sharing success, this printer can already be used by other users in the LAN.
Second, how to find the shared printer, and print via the local area network shared printer?
just talking about the local installation server is now installing the client, just add this shared printer can achieve network sharing printing;
① in the "add printer" when the third step, select "network printer", click "next", the user can set the printer to find a way here;
② If you want to find in a workgroup printer, you can click on the "next In one step, the "Find Printer" dialog box is displayed. Since you are inside the LAN, you can choose to type the printer name or click the 'Next' button to browse the printer.
③ the user can enter the name of the printer can also click "Next" to bring up the "Browse for Printer" dialog box. Here, all shared printers in the domain and the computers connected to the printer are listed in the Shared Printers list box. If there are multiple printers on the LAN, users can find the printer that suits them here.
④ click the "Next" button in the dialog box, users can set whether the printer is set as the default printer.
⑤ Click the "Next" button in the dialog box, showing the user to set the network printer, click "Finish", you can use as a local printer to use as a network printer.
Win7 system printer sharing how to set a
, local as a shared printer, so that other users on the LAN! Many use Word
office friends almost all Win7 system, so come back here under Win7 detailed explanation of how to set the printer sharing. First, un-disable the Guest account, because someone else wants to access the printer to install the printer is to access the guest account. Click [Start] button in the [computer] on the right, select [Management]:
in the pop-up [Computer Management] window, find the [Guest User;
double-click [Guest], [Guest] properties window opens, make sure that [account is disabled] option is not selected;
set the target printer sharing: click the [start] button, select devices and printers []:
in pop-up window find the printer you want to share (provided that the printer is properly connected, the drive has been properly installed), right on the printer, select [printer properties]:
switch to [sharing] tab, hook option [share this printer], and set a share name (Remember the share name, the latter setting may be used):
advanced sharing settings: right click on the network connection icon in the system tray, select [open network and sharing Center],
remember the type of network, then the pop-up window, click [select family And sharing options];
then click Change advanced sharing settings];
if it is a home or work network, [Change advanced sharing settings] specific settings refer to the diagram, which The key options have been marked with a red circle and don't forget to save the changes after the setup is complete.
Note: If this is a public network, similar to the situation specific settings and above, but should be set accordingly [public] the following options, rather than family or work [] below;
settings working group: prior to adding the target printer, we must first determine whether LAN computers are in a workgroup, the specific process: click the [start] button on the [computer] right click and select [properties]:
In the pop-up window, find the workgroup. If the computer's workgroup settings are inconsistent, click [Change Settings]; if they are consistent, you can exit directly and skip to the fifth step. Note: Please remember [computer name], the later settings will be used.
If you are in a different working groups can be set up in this window:
Note: this setting to take effect after a restart, so after setting Do not forget to restart the computer, the The settings take effect.