Point and print – Dell 5110cn Color Laser Printer User Manual
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Click the Change sharing options button.
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Click the Continue button.
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Click Additional Drivers and select the processors of all the network clients printing with this printer.
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Click OK.
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Click the Browse button and locate the driver in the Drivers and Utilities CD.
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To check that the printer was successfully shared:
Make sure the printer object in the Printers (Properties and Faxes for Windows XP) folder shows it
is shared. For example, in Windows 2000, a hand is shown underneath the printer icon.
Browse Network Neighborhood (My Network Places for Windows XP). 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.
Point and Print
This method is usually the best use of system resources. The server handles driver modifications and print
job processing. This lets network clients return to their programs much faster.
If you use the point and print method, a subset of driver information is copied from the server to the client
computer. This is just enough information to send a print job to the printer.
On the Windows desktop of the client computer, double-click Network Neighborhood (My Network
Places for Windows XP).
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Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name.
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Right-click the shared printer name, and then click Install.
Wait for the driver information to copy from the server computer to the client computer, and for a new
printer object to be added to the Printers (Properties and Faxes for Windows XP) folder. The time
this takes varies, based on network traffic and other factors.
Close Network Neighborhood (My Network Places for Windows XP).
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Print a test page to verify print installation.
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Click Start
Settings
Printers (Properties and Faxes for Windows XP).
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Select the printer you just created.
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Click File
Properties.
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From the General tab, click Print a Test Page (Print Test Page for Windows XP).
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