How to share my laser jet printer with other computers


Computers : How to share my laser jet printer with other computers	Homepage \| Add to Favorites

Recommended Sites

Related Links

Informative Articles

How Toddlers Can Benefit from Using Computers
It's a fact of life that we live in an electronic age and computers are a bigger part of our lives than ever. It's unlike anything we've seen in the past and kids are learning to use computers at younger ages. There are steps a parent can take to...

Thinking about earning your computer degree online?
Thinking about earning your computer degree online? Here's a few things that you should know. Online distance education is one of the fastest growing markets in the education field. Online computer degrees offer you unparalleled flexibility...

Easy Ways To Secure Your Computer
Just follow these simple tips; your computer will be free from virus and spyware. 1. Stop and think before opening any attachment you receive. If you don't know the sender, don't open the attachment - just delete it. It doesn't matter...

Spyware Protection: A Must for Any Home Computer
Now that spyware is the single most dangerous threat to home computers connected to the internet today, getting your hands on some sort of spyware and adware protection is critical. Spyware has outpaced computer viruses in its prevalence, and in...

Guide on How to Land Computer Jobs
To become a lawyer, you must graduate from law school and pass the Bar Exam. But to become a computer expert, there's no particular exam to pass, and no particular piece of paper that "proves" you're an expert or even competent. You can get a job...

How to share my laser jet printer with other computers

This is a pretty useful feature to get somebody to print on a printer in a networked environment. Let's say PC A and PC B be two networked computers, If a Printer, P is configured in the computer, PCA, you can print to the printer P by asking the user of the PC A to share it.
Steps to share the Printer on PC A:-
1) Go to the Printers Folder. 2) Choose the Printer, go to File->Properties. 3) Click the Sharing tab. 4) Choose the "Share this Printer" and give the printer a share name
"P-Shared". Click Ok.
The user can print from PC B using the printer by following the below steps:-
1) Browse to the Printer shared (P_Shared)
2) Right click and choose connect to make a printer connection. This will install the printer driver on the machine with the correct printer settings.
3) He/She can then print to the Printer from any application on his local machine without having to bother about configuring the printer.
This is also called Point and Print mechanism and is used by administrators for setting up a printer on a server, and asking users to connect to the printer shared from their computers, hence avoiding local printer installations on individual computers.
About the Author
John Gibb manages http://www.computer-and-printer-reviews.com The site dedicated to computers and printers.