Adding A Local Printer; Sharing An Lpr Printer - D-Link Air Xpert DI-774 Manual

Networking Basics
Adding and Sharing Printers in Windows XP
After you have run the Network Setup Wizard on all the computers in your network
(please see the Network Setup Wizard section at the beginning of Networking
Basics,) you can use the Add Printer Wizard to add or share a printer on your
network.
Whether you want to add a local printer (a printer connected directly to one computer,)
share an LPR printer (a printer connected to a print server) or share a network
printer (a printer connected to your network through a Gateway/Router,) use the Add
Printer Wizard. Please follow the directions below:
First, make sure that you have run the Network Setup Wizard on all of the
computers on your network.
On the following pages, we will show you these 3 ways to use the Add Printer Wizard:

1. Adding a local printer

2. Sharing network printer

3. Sharing an LPR printer

(Other Networking Tasks)
For help with other tasks, that we have not covered here, in home or small office
networking, see Using the Shared Documents folder and Sharing files and folders
in the Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP.
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Networking Basics
Adding a local printer (a printer connected directly to a computer)
A printer that is not shared on the network and is connected directly to one computer
is called a local printer. If you do not need to share your printer on a network,
follow these directions to add the printer to one computer.
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Go to
Start>
Printers
and Faxes
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Click on Add a printer
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