You will need
- The computers United in a network; printer
Instruction
1
First computer.
On the computer to which the printer is connected, click "start" in the lower left part of the screen, then locate one of the inscriptions:
- "Printers and faxes";
"Configuration" and then "Printers and faxes";
a "control Panel" and then "Printers and faxes",
and click the left mouse button twice to open this menu.
On the computer to which the printer is connected, click "start" in the lower left part of the screen, then locate one of the inscriptions:
- "Printers and faxes";
"Configuration" and then "Printers and faxes";
a "control Panel" and then "Printers and faxes",
and click the left mouse button twice to open this menu.
2
In the window that opens, find the name of your printer (Canon, Epson, HP, Samsung). Just right click on the printer icon and select the "sharing...".
3
A new window will appear, where you can find the inscription "share this printer" and press the round button to the left of the label. Below is the name of the printer on the network, remember it. Then click "OK" at the bottom, ready, the printer can operate in the network.
4
A second computer.
On the computer you want to connect to a network printer, select "Printers and faxes" as well as on the first computer.
On the computer you want to connect to a network printer, select "Printers and faxes" as well as on the first computer.
5
Right-click your mouse on the empty space of the folder "Printers and faxes". A menu appears in which the left mouse button click "add printer". This opens the add printer Wizard.
6
Click "Next", select "Network printer" and click "Next".
7
Select "browse for a printer", click "Next".
8
At the bottom of the window, click on the row with the name of the printer (which remember on the first computer), then click Next.
9
A window will appear with the question "Use default printer" — click "Yes" and "Next" at the bottom of the screen.
10
The following window will display "completing the setup wizard printers", and the "finish" button at the bottom of the window. Click "Finish" and wait a while, the operating system will install the necessary drivers and programs. Click "Yes" or "Install" if the following message appears. Again, click the "finish" button. After that, your network printer really is ready to print.
Useful advice
Manual for the Windows XP operating system in its Russian version. But if you've got the principle of action, and in newer Windows Vista and Windows 7 configuring your network printer will not be a problem, different are only the names of some teams.