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Sharing a printer in a macintosh environment – Lexmark 30E User Manual

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d

From the Sharing tab, select Share this printer or Shared as, and then assign a distinctive name.

e

Click OK.

3

Locate the printer from the remote computer:

Note: The remote computer is the one that is not attached to the printer.

a

Do one of the following:

1

Click

, or click Start and then click Run.

2

In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3

Press Enter, or click OK.
The printer folder opens.

b

Right-click the name of your printer.

c

Click Properties.

d

Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port.

e

Select Local Port, and then click New Port.

f

Type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Port name, which consists of the server name and the
distinctive printer name that was specified in step 2 on page 75. The name should be in the form \\server
\printer

.

g

Click OK.

h

Click Close on the Printer Ports dialog.

i

Make sure the new port is selected on the Ports tab, and then click Apply.

The new port is listed with the printer name.

j

Click OK.

Sharing a printer in a Macintosh environment

1

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.

2

From the menu bar, click Help System Preferences Help.

3

In the Search field, type sharing the printer on a network, and then press return.

4

To let other Macintosh computers on the network that use Mac OS X version 10.3 or later use any printer connected
to your Macintosh computer, double-click Sharing your printer with Mac OS X users.

or

To let Windows computers on the network use any printer connected to your Macintosh computer, double-click
Sharing your printers with Windows users.

5

Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

Note: Windows users should see the Windows documentation for information on adding a network printer
connected to a Macintosh computer.

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