Installing and Setting up the Machine > Installing Software
Setting the Shared Printer and FAX
If the computer connected to the machine (Host PC) via USB is also connected to the computer on the network (Client
PC), printing from the computer on the network is enabled by setting the machine as the shared printer and FAX.
This section explains how to operate the device on the Host PC and on the Client PC respectively by using the setting
example on Windows 7.
Sharing Printer on the Host PC
Adding the Shared Printer on the Client PC
Client PC
Network
Network
1
Click [Start] button on the Windows, and then click
NOTE
In Windows 8, select [Settings] in charms on Desktop, and select
then
[Devices and
2
Right-click the printer driver icon of the machine, and click the
the printer driver.
3
Select
[Share this
printer] on the [Sharing] tab.
4
Click [OK].
1
Click [Start] button on the Windows, and then click
NOTE
In Windows 8, select [Settings] in charms on Desktop, and select
then
[Devices and
2
Click
[Add a
printer].
3
Click
[Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth
4
Select the printer added via an operation on the Host PC from the list, and then click
[Next].
5
Confirm that the printer is added, and then click [Next].
6
Print the test page as needed, and then click [Finish].
Host PC
USB
Printers].
Printers].
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[Devices and
Printers].
[Control
[Printer
properties] menu of
[Devices and
Printers].
[Control
printer].
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