Add
a network printer to your Windows XP computer
Adding a network printer to your home network is, now days, an absolute
necessity. Most households have a home network and will find a network
printer, space saving, and money saving at the same time. You will only need
one printer to service all of your computers in your house.
It does not
matter if your home network is wireless or not, the same installation
procedures apply. Go here if you are
installing a network printer on Windows Vista.
To install a network printer on Windows XP you
will need
Here's how to add a network printer to your
Windows XP computer
- Go to the control panel which
can be found by clicking the start button.
- In the left bar click on switch to
classic view.
- Then click on the Printer and Faxes
Icon.
- Choose to Add Printer in the
left sidebar.
- A dialog box will appear. You can choose to
add a network Printer. Then ask the computer to
find it. If it does find it your done.
- When the computer does not find your
network printer manually type it in yourself.
In order for the computer to find a network
printer, sharing must be enabled. See
how to enable
printer sharing
When this is done you can help the computer
find your printer by typing in the path to your network printer yourself.
Here's how to
find the network printer path
See the picture below. The printer I am
sharing has a hand underneath it and the network printer that another
computer is sharing with me has a bar under it.
Now when I print something it will go to the
network printer because I have also made it my default printer. (tick next
to it)
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