6.

NOTE: 

If you are missing files, you may be prompted to provide the server operating system CD.

Check the following to make sure the printer was successfully shared.

The printer object in the Printers folder now has a shared indicator. For example, in Windows NT
4.0, a hand appears under the printer object.

Browse Network Neighborhood. Find the host name of the server and look for the shared name
you assigned to the printer.

7.

The printer is now shared and ready to be installed on network clients.

Setting up the printer for sharing (Windows XP)

Click 

Start    Control Panel 

  Printers and Other Hardware 

  Printers and Faxes

.

1.

Select the printer you just created.

2.

Click 

File 

  Sharing

.

3.

Select the 

Network setup wizard

.

4.

Click 

OK

.

5.

Browse Network Neighborhood. Find the host name of the server and look for the shared name you
assigned to the printer.

6.

The printer is now shared and ready to be installed on network clients.

Installing a shared printer on network clients

Using the point and print method

This method is usually the best use of system resources. The server handles driver modifications and the
print job processing. This lets network clients return to programs much faster.

With this method, a subset of driver information is copied from the server to the client computer. This is just
enough information to send a print job to the printer.

On the Windows desktop of the client computer, double-click 

Network Neighborhood

.

1.

Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name.

2.

Right-click the shared printer name, and then click 

Install

.

3.

Wait for the driver information to copy from the server computer to the client computer, and for a new

4.