If you have one printer in your home but multiple computers, printing can be complicated. Having to carry a laptop to a printer and manually connect it to the printer`s USB or sending the document to the desktop connected to the printer can be a major inconvenience. Therefore there are obvious benefits to sharing a printer throughout all the computers on the network. To allow all computers on the network immediate and wireless access to the printer, follow these simple steps on the computer physically attached to the printer.
1) Go to the printers and faxes (or just printers or hardware and printers depending on your operating system).
2) Right click on the printer you want to share, bringing up several options.
3) Click on Sharing.
4) In the sharing menu, click on share my printer and give the printer an easily recognizable share name.
5) On all the computers you want to share, add the shared printer. (control panel-printers-add a printer). The printer you set to share should be found by your computer. Select it and press continue. Everything else is handled by Windows sharing and (or) is self explanatory.
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