How to make two computers to share printers?
Step 1: Connect the printer to the host, turn on the printer, enter the "Printers and Faxes" folder through the host's "Control Panel", right-click in the blank, select the "Add Printer" command, open the Add Printer Wizard window. Select "Connect to this computer's local printer" and check the "Automatically detect and install the Plug and Play printer" check box.
Step 2: At this point the host will be the detection of a new canon printer toner will soon be found has been connected to the cf400x, according to the prompts will be included in the printer driver CD into the drive, install the printer driver, Printer and fax "folder will appear within the printer icon.
Step 3: Right-click the newly installed printer icon, select the "Share" command, open the printer's Properties dialog box, switch to the "Share" tab, select "Share this printer", and in the "share name "Enter the box to fill in the need to share the name, such as CompaqIJ, click" OK "button to complete the shared settings. Tip: If you want other versions of the operating system on the LAN in the shared host printer no longer need to find the driver, we can in the host in advance to select these different versions of the operating system corresponding to the driver installed, just click the "other Driver "button, select the appropriate operating system version, click" OK "to be installed.
In order for the printer to be able to share smoothly, we must be in the host and client are installed "file and printer sharing protocol."
Right-click "My Network Places" on the desktop, select the "Properties" command, go to the "Network Connections" folder, click the "Right" button on the "Local Area Connection" icon, select the "Properties" command, "This connection uses the following items" list does not find "Microsoft network file and printer sharing", you need to click the "Install" button in the pop-up dialog box, select "Services", then click "Add" in the "Select Network Services "window, select" File and Printer Sharing ", and finally click" OK "button to complete.
Now, the work on the host we have all completed, the following need to share the printer to configure the client.