Peer-to-Peer Networking
You can share your printer with other users on the network through peer-to-peer sharing. Connect the
printer directly to a computer (the host computer) using the USB cable, and enable it to be shared
across the network through peer-to-peer sharing. Sharing the printer using your computer may slow
down the speed of your computer.
To share the printer:
1.
Assign a “share name” to the printer. For more information, see
Sharing the Printer on the
Network
.
2.
Set up the network computers that you want to connect and use the shared printer. For more
information, see
Adding the Shared Printer on Other Network Computers
.
Sharing
the
Printer
on
the
Network
On the host computer or network computer where the printer is directly connected by USB cable,
share the printer.
In Windows Vista™:
1.
Click
Control Panel.
2.
Click Hardware and Sound.
3.
Click Printers.
4.
Right-click your printer icon, and then select Sharing.
5.
Click Change sharing options.
6.
Click Continue.
7.
Click Share this printer, and assign a name to your printer.
8.
Click OK.
In Windows
®
XP and Windows 2000:
1.
In Windows XP, click Start
Settings
Control Panel
Printers and Other Hardware
Printers and Faxes.
In Windows 2000, click Start
Settings
Printers.
2.
Right-click the printer icon, and then select Sharing.
3.
Click Share this printer, and assign a name to your printer.
