Setting Up Printer Sharing - Canon MF6180dw Manual

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Setting Up Printer Sharing

Once you have set up a print server on your network, you can efficiently manage print jobs through the print server.
Additionally, you can install the alternate printer driver for the machine on your computer from the network by adding it to
the print server.
IMPORTANT
Restrictions for setting up a computer running a 64-bit operating system as the print server
To set up a computer running a 64-bit operating system as the print server, the alternate printer driver cannot be
downloaded from the network onto computers using the following 32-bit operating systems.
Windows XP (without service packs or SP1 installed)
Windows Server 2003 (without service packs installed)
Note that installation may fail if you try to download the driver onto a computer using any of these operating systems. If
the download is successfully completed, you may not be able to open the printing preferences dialog box.
Restrictions for setting up a computer running a 32-bit operating system as the print server
To set up a computer running one of the following 32-bit operating systems as the print server, the alternate printer
driver cannot be downloaded from the network onto computers using 64-bit operating systems.
Windows XP (on which no service pack or SP1 is installed)
Windows Server 2003 (on which no service pack is installed)
1
Open the printer folder.
"Basic Windows Operations"
2
Display the [Sharing] tab.
For Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008:
Right-click the icon for the machine and select [Sharing] from the pop-up menu.
For Windows 7/Server 2008 R2:
1. Right-click the icon for the machine and select [Printer properties] -> a driver you want to share from the pop-up
menu.
2. Click the [Sharing].
For Windows 8/Server 2012:
1. Right-click the the icon for the machine and select [Printer properties].
2. Click the [Sharing] from the pop-up menu.
3
Select [Share this printer] or [Shared as] and enter the share name of the machine.
When [Change sharing options] appears
Click [Change sharing options].
When the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Continue].