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 Add a Network printer to Windows Vista or
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| By Mitz Both Windows Vista Tips and Windows XP
Now days the average household has more than one computer
and share available resources over a home network. No-ones wants their house
cluttered up with unnecessary office equipment, and
this is exactly the reason why we need to use a network printer. For example if
you have three computers on your home network you would only need one printer
for them all. Windows XP and Vista allow you to use computer hardware that is
connected to another computer on your Network. Here's how to add a Network
Printer.
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To add a network printer we need:
- A printer that is already installed on
one computer in your home or office network.
- You need to know the actual computer
name that the printer is installed on.
How to find the Computer Name?
- Printer Sharing has to be enabled.
(Go to Control Panel>Printers Settings Icon>right click on the printer icon
and choose sharing. Also create a simple name for your printer here.)
- The name of you shared printer.
It usually is the brand of the printer which could be cannon bj3000, however I
like to rename it just printer.
Now to add a network printer:
- 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.
- I have written \\server\printer$ then I pressed
Next. Server is the name of the computer that has the printer
installed on it, and Printer$ is the name I gave my printer when I enabled
sharing.
- Then it will ask me to enter the user
name and password for the computer that has the printer
I want to access.
- Windows Vista came up with this warning below
and I pressed Install driver.
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