How to find the shared printer network path under Win7 system

  

1. To list the shared printer in the Windows SBS Console, you need the following information (if applicable):

Printer IP directly connected to the network Address

The name of the computer to which the shared printer is connected

2. The name of the printer to be listed

Execute“list a shared printer in this console” When you are tasking, you can specify the network path in two ways:

1) Type the network path to the printer in the text box.

Use this method if you know the path to the printer. For example, clientcomputerprintersharename or 192.168.1.100printersharename.

Browse to the printer.

2) If you don't know the printer's network location, use this method. When you click "Browse", Windows SBS 2008 opens the browser view to the current user's "documents" folder. To find the shared folder, click “desktop", double-click "network", double-click the name of the computer to which the printer is connected, and then double-click the printer you want to list in the Windows SBS Console.

3) If the server does not appear in the DesktopNetwork folder, type servername (where servername is the name of the server) in the “Printers” text box.

3. If you cannot find the path to the printer you want to display in the list, do the following:

1) Make sure the printer is turned on and the printer is connected to the network;

2) Make sure the printer is shared.


The above is about the way to find the shared printer network path under Win7 system. Users who need it can find it according to the above method. I believe it can help everyone.

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