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5. Printer sharing is not commonly used with NetBEUI printing, however, some admins may want to

utilize sharing on NT 4.0 or 2000 to take advantage of their automatic driver download capability.

For steps on setting up printer sharing, see the Windows NT 4.0 LPR or Windows 2000 Standard

TCP/IP Printing instructions.

Windows Printer Sharing

Windows printer sharing involves a Windows machine functioning as a “host”. This host acts as a print

server; spooling jobs sent from Windows clients to the shared printer and forwarding them to the

physical printer. Any Windows machine (after 3.1) may function as either a client or a host or both.

The protocols used from client to host and from host to printer do not need to be the same. For

example, if a Windows NT machine is configured to share an LPR printer, clients running only IPX or

NetBEUI can still send jobs to the shared printer. The NT host will accept the jobs over IPX or NetBEUI

and send them to the printer over TCP/IP. This capability provides tremendous flexibility in Windows

network printing architecture.

Creating a Shared Printer

Defining a Shared Printer is part of the process of adding a printer and is explained in each of the

previous Windows sections.

Connecting to a Shared Printer

This section briefly describes the steps for connecting a client to a shared printer. Although slight

variations exist in the procedures for Windows 95/98, NT 4.0, and 2000, such as selecting Network

printer in 95/98 or Network printer server in NT 4.0, they are essentially the same and are thus

combined in the following instructions.

Connect Windows 95/98, NT 4.0, and 2000 Clients to a Shared Printer

If the host is an NT or 2000 machine which has been configured to download the driver to connecting

clients, then:

Run the Windows Add Printer wizard, select Network printer and browse the network for the shared

printer. The driver will be downloaded automatically.

If the host is a 95/98 machine or the NT or 2000 host has not been configured to download the driver to

connecting clients, then:

Install the printer driver from the Kyocera Mita Digital Library CD-ROM included with the printer. On the

Printer Connection screen select Network and browse the network for the shared printer.