Print via the Network

Assuming that you have installed "File and Print Sharing" and that you gave permission to a
printer on the network for be accessed (=shared), we can now define a Network printer:

Note:
When I say "Network Printer", then I mean a printer connector to a PC (usually to the Printer
port) and shared for usage by other systems.
On this page I will NOT explain the configuration of a printer, which has already a build-in
network card and which is connected directly to a network.

There are 2 methods:
- first select the action ("I like to install a printer") and then select the printer
or
- first select the printer and then select to install it as a network printer

Via the Printer folder
(accessible via "My Computer", the Control-Panel or the Start-menu/Settings )

	Open the Printer Folder, and start the "Add Printer" Wizard.
	Select to add a "Network Printer"
	You will most probably not know the Network path (as UNC name), so click on "Browse", which will display all systems in your Network Neighborhood, which have a shared printer. Click on the '+' signs to see, what the systems have to offer. The system displays the "Share-Names" as defined during sharing the printer. and then select the printer, to which you like to print, and continue with "OK".
	The "Browse" selection has filled in the Network path as UNC-name: Universal Naming Convention: - \\<servername>\<resourcename> If you have no DOS-program from which you need to print, leave the checkbox on NO. Next to continue
	The UNC-name is used internally by the systems on the network, now you can define the name to be displayed (and for you to select when you make your prints)
	The system will copy some files and will then prompt you, if you like to print a test-page. Select "Yes", and Next to continue. It will prompt you to reply, that the test-page was printed properly. If you answer no, it will start the Printer Trouble-Shooting Wizard.
	Your Printer Folder shows now the Printer just installed. Win98SE shows a black checkmark with the printer, which is declared as Default-printer: the printer to be used (if you have MULTIPLE printers configured), when selecting in a program the Print-button from the toolbar: If you use the Menu: FILE / PRINT, then you can select the printer to be used. You are ready to print via the Network, just select the printer.

Via the Network Neighborhood

	In the "Network Neighborhood", display the shared resources of the system with the printer, right-click on the printer and select to "Install".
	You have just to answer a few question: - Printing from DOS-programs ? (if you do NOT use DOS-program, select NO)
	Define the display-name for the printer
	Select to make a Test-Print. Done.