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User’s Guide
Using the Printer on a Network
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Setting Up the Printer as the Shared Printer for Windows
These instructions tell you how to set up your printer so users on the network can share it.
First you will set up the printer as a shared printer on the computer directly connected to it. This
computer is the print server. Then you will add the printer to each network computer that will
access it. Then each computer is the print server’s client.
Note:
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These instructions are for small networks only. To share the printer on a large network, consult your
network administrator.
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To uninstall programs in Windows Vista, you need an administrator account and the password if you
log on as a standard user.
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You must log on to a Computer Administrator account to install software on Windows XP. After you
install Windows XP, the user account is set as Computer Administrator.
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You must log on to Windows 2000 as a user with administrative privileges (belonging to the
Administrators group) to install software.
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When you use your printer as a shared printer on a network with the following combinations of
computers, the client operating systems are not able to communicate with the printer, so that some
functions are not available for that particular client.
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The illustrations in the following section are from Windows XP.
Setting up the print server
Follow the steps below on the print server computer that is connected directly to the printer:
1.
Windows Vista:
Click the start button, select
Control Panel
, and then select
Printer
from the
Hardware and
Sound
category. (If the Control Panel is in Classic View, click
Printers
.)
Windows XP:
Click
Start
and select
Control Panel
, then double-click
Printers and Faxes
. (If the Control
Panel is in Category View, click
Printers and Other Hardware
, then click
Printers and
Faxes
.)
Server
Client
Windows Vista/XP
Windows 2000
Windows 2000
Windows Vista/XP
