Sharing a printer in a windows environment – Lexmark 101 User Manual

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In Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier

a

From the Finder, choose Utilities.

b

Double-click Printer Setup Utility or Print Center.

c

From the Printer List dialog, choose the printer you want to use, and then click Add.

d

From the Printer Browser, select your printer, and then click Add.

3

A second print queue will be created. Remove the wireless queue if you do not want to switch back to accessing
the printer over a wireless connection.

Sharing a printer in a Windows environment

1

Prepare the computers to share the printer:

a

Make all computers printing to the printer accessible through Network Neighborhood by enabling File and Print
Sharing. See the Windows documentation for instructions on enabling File and Print Sharing.

b

Install the printer software on all computers that will print to the printer.

2

Identify the printer:

a

On the computer that is attached to the printer, do one of the following:

1

Click

, or click Start and then click Run.

2

In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3

Press Enter, or click OK.
The printer folder opens.

b

Right-click the name of your printer.

c

Click Sharing.

d

From the Sharing tab, select Share this printer or Shared as, and then assign a distinctive name.

e

Click OK.

3

Locate the printer from the remote computer:

Note: The remote computer is the one that is not attached to the printer.

a

Do one of the following:

1

Click

, or click Start and then click Run.

2

In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3

Press Enter, or click OK.
The printer folder opens.

b

Right-click the name of your printer.

c

Click Properties.

d

Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port.

e

Select Local Port, and then click New Port.

f

Type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Port name, which consists of the server name and the distinctive
printer name that was specified in step 2 on page 73. The name should be in the form \\server
\printer

.

g

Click OK.

h

Click Close on the Printer Ports dialog.

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