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2. Preparing for Printing
• p.247 "If a Message Appears during Installation"
• p.209 "If Test Print Fails"
Sharing the Printer
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This section explains how to share the printer over a network by connecting it via USB to a computer acting
as a print server.
Setting Up a Server
Follow the procedure below to set up a print server so that the printer can be shared by users.
• Only administrators can make this setting. Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
Configure a computer connected to the printer as the print server.
The print server is a computer used to manage the shared printer on the network.
1.
On the [Start] menu, click [Control Panel].
2.
Click [Network and Internet Connections].
3.
Click [Network Connections].
4.
Click [Local Area Connection] to highlight it, and then, in the [File] menu, click [Properties].
5.
Select the [Client for Microsoft Networks] check box.
6.
Click [OK].
7.
Install the printer driver.
8.
On the [Start] menu, click [Printers and Faxes].
9.
Click the icon of the printer, and then click [Sharing...] on the [File] menu.
10.
Click [Share this printer], and then enter a name in the [Share name] box.
11.
Click [OK].
• Configure a computer connected to the network, where the print server is connected, as a client
computer.
• p.71 "Setting Up a Client Computer"
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