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Install the shared printer on client computers – Dell 2335DN User Manual

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1.

For Windows XP/Server 2003, click the Start button and point to Printers and Faxes .

For Windows Vista/Server 2008, click the Start button and click Control Panel

Hardware and

Sound

Printers .

For Windows 7, click the Start button and click Control Panel

Hardware and Sound

Devices

and Printers .

For Windows Server 2008 R2, click the Start button and click Control Panel

Hardware

Devices and Printers .

Double-click your printer icon.

2.

Click the Printer menu and point to Sharing .

3.

If you are using Windows Vista, you may be prompted to change the sharing options before you can
continue. Press the Change Sharing Options button, and the press Continue on the next dialog box.

4.

For Windows 2000, check the Shared As box.

5.

For Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/7/Server 2008 R2, check the Share this printer box.

Fill in the Share Name field.

6.

Click Additional Drivers , and select the operating systems of all network clients printing to this
printer.

7.

Click OK .

8.

If you are missing files, you are prompted to insert the server operating system CD.

Insert the DRIVERS AND UTILITIES CD , ensure that the drive letter is correct for your CD-ROM
drive, and then click OK .

a.

If you are using Windows Vista/7: Brows to a client computer running the operating system, and
then click OK . If you are using any other Windows version: Insert the operating system CD,
ensure that the drive letter is correct for your CD-ROM drive, and then click OK .

b.

Click Close .

9.

To check that the printer was successfully shared:

Make sure the printer object in the Printers folder shows it is shared. For example, in Windows 2000,
a hand is shown underneath the printer icon.

Browse My Network Places or Network Neighborhood . Find the host name of the server, and look
for the shared name you assigned to the printer.

Now that the printer is shared, you can install the printer on network clients using the point and print
method or the Peer-to-Peer method.

Install the Shared Printer on Client Computers