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3 Double-click the host name of the printer server computer.
4 Right-click the shared printer name, and then click Install or Connect.
Wait for the driver information to copy from the print 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.
5 Close My Network Places or Network Neighborhood.
6 Print a test page to verify print installation.
When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete. See "To print a test
page:".
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.
1 For Windows 2000, click the Start button Settings Printer.
For Windows XP/Server 2003, click the Start button and point to Printers and Faxes.
For Windows Vista/Server 2008, click the Start button and click Control Panel
Hardware and Sound Printers.
For Windows 7, click the Start button and click Control Panel Hardware and Sound
Devices and Printers.
For Windows Server 2008 R2, click the Start button and click Control Panel
Hardware Devices and Printers.
2 Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer wizard.
3 Click A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer.
4 Select the network printer from the Shared printers list. If the printer is not listed, type the
path of the printer in the text box.
For example: \\<print server host name>\<shared printer name>
The print server host name is the name of the print server computer that identifies it to the
network. The shared printer name is the name assigned during the print server installation
process.
5 Click OK.
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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