Printing Files Across The Network; Adding Devices To Your Network; Adding A Desktop Computer To Your Network; Adding A Printer To Your Network - Gateway LT 1000 User Manual

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Printing files across the network

Important
Before you can print a file across the
network, you must install the driver for
the printer on the computer you are
sending the file from. You can obtain the
printer driver and installation
instructions from the CD that shipped
with your printer or from the
manufacturer's Web site

Adding devices to your network

Adding a desktop computer to your network

Adding a printer to your network

To print files across the network:
Open the file you want to print.
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Click File, then click Print.
2
Click the arrow button to open the printer name list, then click the network
3
printer.
Click OK.
4
After you have your wireless network up and running, you can add your desktop
computer to your wireless network. To add a desktop computer to the network,
purchase a wireless PCI card or USB adapter for your desktop computer so it can
communicate with your network wirelessly.
Instead of plugging a printer into your computer, you can add a printer to your
wireless network. To add a printer to the network, do one of the following:
Use a printer that has built-in wireless networking.
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Connect your printer to your networked desktop computer, then share the
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printer. For information about sharing printers, see
page 41.
Connect your printer to your access point if the access point includes a USB
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or parallel port. For more information, see the instructions that came with
your access point.
Use a wireless print server.
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Adding devices to your network
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