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How to Use Windows
XP to Share a Printer with Others on Your Network
This article describes how to use Windows
XP to share a printer with others on your network.
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks
The File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks component allows other computers on a network to access resources
on your computer by using a Microsoft network. The component is installed
and enabled by default. It is enabled per connection using TCP/IP and is
necessary to share local folders. The File and Printer Sharing for
Microsoft Networks component is the equivalent of the Server service in
Windows NT 4.0.
Sharing Printers with Others on Your
Network
To share your printer
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Open Printers and Faxes. Click Start,
click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware,
and then click Printers and Faxes.
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Right-click the printer you want to
share, and then click Sharing.
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On the Sharing tab, click
Share this printer and then type a share name for the
shared printer.
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If you share the printer with others
using different hardware or different operating systems, click
Additional Drivers. Click the Environment and operating system
for the other computers, and then click OK to install the
additional drivers.
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Note Drivers
for users running other versions of Windows (Windows 95, Windows 98,
or Windows NT 4.0) are located on the Support CD. Printer drivers for
Windows NT 3.1 and Windows NT 3.5 are not included.
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5.
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Click OK, or, if you have
installed additional drivers, click Close.
Note When
you publish a printer in Active Directory, other users logged on to
the Windows domain will be able to search for the printer based on its
location and features, such as how many pages it prints per minute and
whether color printing is supported.
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To stop sharing your printer
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Open Printers and Faxes. Click Start,
click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware,
and then click Printers and Faxes.
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Right-click the printer you want to
stop sharing, and then click Sharing.
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3.
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On the Sharing tab, click Do
Not share this printer.
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To connect to a printer on a network
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1.
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Open Printers and Faxes. Click Start,
click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware,
and then click Printers and Faxes.
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Under Printer Tasks, click
Add a printer to open the Add Printer Wizard, and then
click Next.
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3.
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Click A network printer, or a
printer attached to another computer, and then click Next.
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Three Ways to Connect to a Printer on a
Network
To search for a printer in Active Directory
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Click Find a printer in the
directory, and then click Next.
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Click the Browse button to the
right of Location, click the printer location, and then click OK.
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Click Find Now.
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Click the printer you want to connect
to, and then click OK.
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To locate a printer by typing the printer
name or browsing for it
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Click Connect to this printer.
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Type the printer name using the
following format:
\\printserver_name\share_name
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Browse for it on the network. Click Next, click
the printer in Shared printers
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Click Next.
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To connect to an Internet or intranet
printer
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Click Connect to a printer on
the Internet or on a home or office network
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Type the URL to the printer using the
following format:
http://printserver_name/Printers/share_name/.printer.
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Follow the instructions on the screen
to finish connecting to the network printer.
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Setting or Removing Permissions for a
Printer
To change the permission settings for a
printer, you must have the Manage Printers permission, which is one of
several printer permissions.
To set up new permissions for a printer
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Open Printers and Faxes.
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Right-click the printer for which you
want to set permissions, click Properties, and then click the
Security tab.
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Click Add.
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4.
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Click Look For, select the types
of users you want to add, and then click OK.
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5.
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Click Look In, browse for the
location you want to search, and then click OK.
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In the Name box, type the name
of the user or group you want to set permissions for, separating each
name with a semicolon ( ; ).
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To ensure the names are recognized by
the directory, click Check Names.
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Once all the names you want are listed
in the Name box, click OK.
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In Permissions, click the
Allow or Deny check box for each permission you want to
allow or deny.
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To view or change the underlying
printer permissions that make up Print, Manage Printers,
and Manage Documents, click Advanced.
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To change or remove permissions for a
printer
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Open Printers and Faxes.
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Right-click the printer for which you
want to change or remove permissions, click Properties, and
then click the Security tab.
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Click the name of the user or group
whose permissions you want to change or remove.
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In Permissions, click the
Allow or Deny check box for each permission you want to
allow or deny, if necessary. Or, to remove the user or group from the
permissions list, click Remove.
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5.
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To view or change the underlying
permissions that make up Print, Manage Printers, and
Manage Documents, click Advanced.
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