Point and print – Dell 2130cn Color Laser Printer User Manual
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Browse Network or My Network Places. Find the host name of the server and look for the shared name you assigned to the printer.
Now that the printer is shared, you can install the printer on network clients using the point and print method or the peer-to-peer method.
Point and Print
This method is usually the best use of system resources. The server handles driver modifications and print job processing. This lets network clients return to
their programs much faster.
If you use the point and print method, a subset of driver information is copied from the server to the client computer. This is just enough information to send a
print job to the printer.
Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition,
Windows 2000
1.
On the Windows desktop of the client computer, double-click My Network Places.
2.
Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name.
3.
Right-click the shared printer name, and then click Connect.
Wait for the driver information to copy from the server computer to the client computer, and for a new printer object to be added to the Printers and
Faxes (Printers for Windows 2000) folder. The copy time varies, based on network traffic and other factors.
Close My Network Places.
4.
Print a test page to verify installation.
a.
Click start® Printers and Faxes (Printers for Windows 2000).
b.
Select the printer you just created.
c.
Click File® Properties.
d.
From the General tab, click Print Test Page.
When a test page prints successfully, installation is complete.