WinXP shared printer connection failure how to urgently handle

WinXP shared printer connection failure, whether in the company or in the office, this is a problem we will often encounter, because the use of shared printers are often more At that time, it is very important to deal with it urgently. The following small series will tell you how to solve the problem through detailed tutorials.

The shared printer connection fails under WinXP. The first thing to think about is to reconnect to the print server. After the connection is successful, you need to consider the next step.

The specific steps for printer sharing are as follows:

1. Configure the printer host

First we need to configure the printer on the host. For the time being, we refer to the computer directly connected to the printer as “host”, and other computers in the LAN that need to share printing with the host are called “clients”.

Step 1: Connect the printer to the host, turn on the printer, go to the “Printers and Faxes” folder through the “Control Panel” of the host, right click in the blank space, select “Add Printer” command to open the Add Printer Wizard window. Select “Connect to this computer's local printer> and check the “Automatically detect and install the Plug and Play printer” checkbox.

Step 2: At this time, the host will detect the new printer. You will soon find the connected printer. Follow the prompts to put the driver CD that came with the printer into the CD-ROM drive and install the printer. After the driver, the icon for the printer appears in the "Printers and Faxes" folder.

Step 3: Right click on the newly installed printer icon, select the “Share” command, open the printer's properties dialog box, switch to the “Share” tab, select “ Share this printer & rdquo; and fill in the name you want to share in the "share name" input box, such as HP1020 Plus, click the “OK" button to complete the shared settings.

2. Configuring Network Protocols

In order to make the sharing of printers smooth, we must install the “share agreement of files and printers” on both the host and the client. Right click on the “My Network Places” on the desktop, select the “Properties” command, and go to the “Network Connections” folder. Right click on the “Local Area Connection” icon and select “Properties”. Command, if the <quo;General” tab" This connection uses the following items"; the list does not find <;Microsoft Network File and Printer Sharing", then you need to click the "Install" button to pop up In the dialog box, select “Services", then click “Add”, select “File and Printer Sharing> in the “Select Network Service" window, and finally click the <;OK” button carry out.

3. Client Installation and Configuration

Now, we have all the work on the host. We will configure the client that needs to share the printer. We assume that the client is also a Windows XP operating system. A print driver must be installed on every computer on the network that wants to use a shared printer.

Step 1: Click “Start →Setting →Printers and Faxes,Start “Add Printer Wizard”, select “Network Printer”

Step 2: Several ways to add a network printer are available on the "Specify Printer" page. If you don't know the specific path of the network printer, you can select “Browse Printer” to select the printer shared by the same working group in the LAN, the computer with the printer installed, and then click the “OK” button after selecting the printer.

You can also install it via "My Network Places" by: On the desktop "Network Neighborhood" Right click--Search Computer--- Enter the computer name of the print server in the computer name on the left or IP address - click "Search", find the computer print server and open it, right click on the shared print icon, and then click the connection.

Step 3: At this time, the system will ask you to enter the printer name again. After the input, click the “Next” button, and then press the “Complete” button. If the host has set the shared password, Here you are asked to enter your password. Finally, we can see that the icon for the shared printer has appeared in the client's "Printers and Faxes" folder.

Our network printer has been installed here.

Note: Please check if the firewall in your system "Control Panel" is turned off? Or if there is a third-party firewall installed in the system, you can turn off the firewall or put the security of the firewall. Set to "中" or "low". For example, Rising, you can set it to low.

If you still can't share the printer after the operation, please refer to the following to solve the problem:

Complete the following steps on the computer that cannot be accessed:

1. Firewall blocking: You can turn off the system and third-party firewall software or reduce the security of the firewall.

2. Enable the system guest account: right click on the desktop "My Computer", then click "Manage", then click "Local Users and Groups", and then double-click inside "User", you can see the guest account, right click on it, attribute, remove the checkmark in the " Account has been disabled"

3. Modify User Access Policy

Click “Start →Run”, enter “gpedit.msc” in the Run box, expand in the Group Policy window. Local Computer Policy → Computer Configuration & Rarr; Windows Settings & Rarr; Security Settings & Rarr; Local Policies & Rarr; User Rights Assignment & rdquo; In the right column, find the "Reject access to this computer from the network" item, open and delete Guest account: Then open the “Access this computer from the network” item and add the Guest account in the properties window. In this way, you can use the Guest account to access the shared resources of the machine from the network. This method is suitable for Windows 2000/XP/2003 systems.

4. If the password is set on the computer being accessed, please delete the password and try again.

5. If the above settings are not complete, please try to restart the router or switch.

At this point, we can go to “My Network Places> to see if there is a computer with a printer installed. If it is displayed normally, the basic conditions of the printer are all available. We can print under WinXP. I believe that your shared printer will be able to share and print without hindrance.