Win7 printer sharing how to set

Printer sharing is convenient for other users on the LAN, which can achieve a resource sharing effect and improve hardware utilization, thus making office work more efficient. Win7 as the mainstream system today, here mainly introduces how to set up win7 printer sharing. Printer installation can also refer to the previous tutorial
——win7 how to install the printer.

1. Open the <;File and Printer Sharing" by setting the firewall. Specific method: Go to “ Control Panel>-> System Security”->“Windows
Firewall”->“Allowed Programs> Check “File and Print Sharing> in the list of Windows
Firewall Communications.

2, add and set up printer sharing. Open “Control Panel", go to "Hardware and Sound"->"> Devices & Printers> If you don't find the printer at this time, you will need to add a printer. To do this, click on “Add Printer”, select “Local Printer” in the pop-up window, click Next, select “Printer Interface Type”, select USB interface here (this is based on the model of the printer) To decide), select and click Next, select the driver, if the required driver is not in the list, you need to select "Install from disk", locate the driver directory and install the corresponding driver. When the driver is installed, print the test page. If the printer prints normally, the printer driver is successfully installed.

3. Right-click on the printer icon you want to share and select “Printer Properties” from the pop-up menu. In the Properties dialog box, select the “Share” tab, check “Share this printer” and fill in the name of the printer and other information.

4. View the sharing status of local printers. How to do it: Go to “Control Panel>-“Network and Internet"-“View Computers and Devices", double-click "local computer (feifei-pc)" to see if there is a share named “ The printer of feifeiPrinter2”, if it exists, indicates that the shared printer was successful.

At this point, the problem of how to set up win7 printer sharing is solved. The graphic introduction is still relatively comprehensive, the process is relatively simple, I hope to be able to help everyone when setting up a shared printer.