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Network Printing
Setting up a Printing via a Network follows
very much the same procedure as accessing a Disk-resource via the
network:
1) Share the Printer
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On the system, to which the
printer is connected,
make sure, that in the
"Network"-applet,
"File and printer sharing
for Microsoft Networks"
is installed.
Check its configuration
by clicking on the button:
"File and Print Sharing" |
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Printer
Sharing:
Make sure to have the
checkmark. |
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In "MyComputer", open the
folder "Printers",select
your printer and select
from the "Context-Menu":
"Sharing" |
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Printer Properties:
tab: "Sharing":
Select "Shared as:
define a Sharename
(ending the sharename with
a $-sign hides the printer) |
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Your printer is now
a "shared Network
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2) Accessing the printer via the Network:
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On the other systems on the network, a shared printer
is shown in the "Network Neighborhood"
as an
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To install the network-printer:
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In "MyComputer",
open the
folder "Printers" and
start:
"Add Printer" |
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Add Printer Wizard:
select "Next " |
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Select:"Network
Printer",
the "Next" |
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Enter "Network
Path"
(if you know it), better:
use "Browse" to locate
the printer and just pick
it from the list. |
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The system shows
then the
Network-path of the printer
in UNC-format:
\\<server-name>\<printername>
You can also define, if you
need to print from MS-DOS
based programs, then select
"Next" to continue.
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Define the "Printer-name",
as you like to see it yourself,
and whether this printer should
be your "Default Printer",
then "Next" to
continue. |
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Allow to print the Test-Page,
then"Finish" to
continue. |
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You are finished:
The printer will appear in
the folder "Printers",
and the system will prompt you
to confirm, that the test-page
was printed properly. |
You are now able from any application to use
this printer.
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