Peer-to-peer, For windows vista – Dell 5110cn Color Laser Printer User Manual
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When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete.
For Windows Vista
On the Windows desktop of the client computer, click Start
Network.
1.
Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name.
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Right-click the shared printer name, and then click Connect.
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Click Install driver.
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Click Continue in the User Account Control dialog box.
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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 folder. The time this takes varies, based on network traffic
and other factors.
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Print a test page to verify printer driver installation.
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Click Start
Control Panel
Hardware and Sound
Printers.
8.
Right-click the printer you just created and select Properties.
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From the General tab, click Print Test Page.
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If the test page prints successfully, the printer driver installation is complete.
Peer-to-Peer
If you use the peer-to-peer method, the printer driver is fully installed on each client computer. Network
clients retain control of driver modifications. The client computer handles the print job processing.
Click Start
Settings
Printers (Properties and Faxes for Windows XP).
1.
Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer wizard.
2.
Click Network Print Server (For Windows XP, click Next).
3.
Select the network printer from the Shared printers list (For Windows XP, select A network printer,
or a printer attached to another computer, and click Next). If the printer is not listed, type in the
path of the printer in the text box.
For example: \\<server host name>\<shared printer name>
The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it to the network. The shared
printer name is the name assigned during the server installation process.
4.
Click OK (For Windows XP, click Browse for a printer, and then click Yes).
If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a printer driver. If no system driver is available,
then you will need to provide a path to available drivers.
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