Setting Up For Shared Printing; Specifying The Shared Settings Of The Printer - Dell C3760dn Color Laser Printer User Manual

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Setting Up for Shared Printing

You can share your new printer on the network using the
®
printer, or using Microsoft
methods, some features, such as the status monitor and other printer utilities, installed with the
Documentation
disc, may not be available.
If you want to use the printer on a network, share the printer and install its drivers on all the computers on the
network.
NOTE:
You need to purchase an Ethernet cable for shared printing.

Specifying the Shared Settings of the Printer

Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
1 Click start→ Printers and Faxes.
2 Right-click the printer icon and select Properties.
3 On the Sharing tab, select the Share this printer check box, and then type a name in the Share name text box.
4 Click Additional Drivers and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
5 Click OK.
If you are missing files, you are prompted to insert the server operating system CD.
Windows Vista or Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Hardware and Sound→ Printers.
2 Right-click the printer icon and select Sharing.
3 Click Change sharing options.
The message Windows needs your permission to continue appears.
4 Click Continue.
5 Select the Share this printer check box, and then type a name in the Share name text box.
6 Click Additional Drivers and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
7 Click OK.
Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 64-bit Edition
1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Printers.
2 Right-click the printer icon and select Sharing.
3 Click Change Sharing Options if exists.
4 Select the Share this printer check box, and then type a name in the Share name text box.
5 Click Additional Drivers and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer.
6 Click OK.
Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit Edition, or Windows Server 2008 R2
1 Click Start→ Devices and Printers.
2 Right-click the printer icon and select Printer properties.
3 On the Sharing tab, click Change Sharing Options if exists.
Select the Share this printer check box, and then type a name in the Share name text box.
point-and-print or peer-to-peer method. However, if you use one of the Microsoft
Software and Documentation
Installing Printer Drivers on Windows
disc that comes with your
Software and
®
Computers
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