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5. In the next Add Printer Wizard screen that appears, enter a name for
the printer, and click Next.
6. Click Yes if you want this printer set as the default.
7. Click Next, review your choices, and then click Finish to close the
wizard.
Now you are ready to share this printer with other users on the network.
Follow these steps:
1. In the Printers and Faxes folder (accessed by choosing Start➪Control
Panel
➪Printers and Faxes), right-click the icon for your printer, and
choose Sharing from the shortcut menu.
This opens the Properties dialog box at the Sharing tab for that printer.
If you will be sharing a printer with users who are running a different
version of Windows, click the Additional Drivers button on the Sharing
tab to open the Additional Drivers dialog box. Select the check boxes for
all the versions of Windows that will be sharing this printer, and then
click OK.
2. Accept the name that is generated in the Share Name field, or enter a
new name, and then click OK.
Click the General tab if you want to enter a description of this printer in
the Comment field. Sometimes you use this field to describe the printer’s
location. Click Apply.
You now see a hand under the icon for this printer in the Printer and
Faxes folder, indicating that this printer is shared.
One final task remains, and that is to run the Add Printer Wizard on the
other computers on the network so that each can access the shared printer.
In the Local or Network Printer screen, select the A Network Printer or A
Printer Attached To Another Computer radio button, click Next, and then
follow the remainder of the wizard’s instructions.
Sharing Resources on the Network
Before users on your network can share resources — drives, files, folders,
applications, and so on — the resources must be enabled for sharing. Each
user at each workstation must specifically share the resources on that com-
puter. To mark resources as shared, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Explore to open Explorer.
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