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Installing Printer Drivers on Windows
®
Computers
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Setting Up for Shared Printing
You can share your USB connected printer with other computers (clients) on the same network.
To share your USB connected printer, enable shared printing when installing the printer driver. You can also enable
shared printing by following the procedures below.
NOTE:
Printer utilities such as Status Monitor cannot be used from a network client.
Enabling Shared Printing from the Computer
Windows Server
®
2003 or Windows Server
®
2003 x64 Edition
1
Click
start
Printers and Faxes
.
2
Right-click the printer icon and select
Properties
.
3
On the
Sharing
tab, select the
Share this printer
check box, and then type a name in the
Share name
text box.
4
Click
Additional Drivers
and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
5
Click
OK
.
If you are missing files, you are prompted to insert the server operating system CD.
Windows Vista
®
or Windows Vista
®
64-bit Edition
1
Click
Start
Control Panel
Hardware and Sound
Printers
.
2
Right-click the printer icon and select
Sharing
.
3
Click
Change sharing options
.
The message
Windows needs your permission to continue
appears.
4
Click
Continue
.
5
Select the
Share this printer
check box, and then type a name in the
Share name
text box.
6
Click
Additional Drivers
and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
7
Click
OK
.
Windows Server
®
2008 or Windows Server
®
2008 64-bit Edition
1
Click
Start
Control Panel
Printers
.
2
Right-click the printer icon and select
Sharing
.
3
Click
Change Sharing Options
if exists.
4
Select the
Share this printer
check box, and then type a name in the
Share name
text box.
5
Click
Additional Drivers
and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
6
Click
OK
.
Windows
®
7, Windows
®
7 64-bit Edition, or Windows Server
®
2008 R2
1
Click
Start
Devices and Printers
.
2
Right-click the printer icon and select
Printer properties
.
3
On the
Sharing
tab, click
Change Sharing Options
if exists.
Select the
Share this printer
check box, and then type a name in the
Share name
text box.
4
Click
Additional Drivers
and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
5
Click
Apply
, and then click
OK
.