At the computer attached to your printer:
Choose Start | Printers and Faxes.
In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click the icon of the printer you want
to share and choose Sharing, as shown in Figure 4-1.
It is important to share only printers that are supported by all of the operating systems on your
computers. If you have a really old printer, or different operating systems on your computer, the
wizard may not be able to find or install a driver for your printer onto a particular operating
system. This may be your excuse to upgrade to a Vista-compatible printer!
In the printer??™s Properties dialog box, on the Sharing tab, shown in Figure 4-2,
select the Share This Printer radio button and then type in the Share Name field
the name you would like this printer to be seen as on your network. In this example,
we have an H-P DeskJet 450 to share from computer LT2.
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Click the OK button to close this dialog box, and your printer will be available
on the network.
As with file sharing, this share is available only when the user that created it is
logged on. To make sure this printer is shared when any user is logged on to this
computer, you must log on as each of those users and re-create the share within each
of their accounts.
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Figure 4-1
Selecting a printer to
share and accessing its
share properties
Figure 4-2
Configuring your
printer to be shared on
the network
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Step 2: Connect To and Print on Your Shared Printer
To use a shared network printer, you add a printer just as you would a local printer
directly attached to your computer.
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