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# Preparing Printer Server

This section explains how to configure the machine as a Windows network printer. The machine is configured to enable network clients to use it.

- Under Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008/2008 R2, to change printer properties in the [Printer] or [Printers and Faxes] window, you need Printer Management access authentication; under Windows Vista/7, Full Control access authentication. Log in to the file server as an Administrator or member of the Power Users group.

Open the [Printers and Faxes] window from the [Start] menu.

The [Printers and Faxes] window appears.

Click the icon of the machine you want to use. On the [File] menu, click [Properties]. The printer properties appear.

On the [Sharing] tab, click [Share this printer].

To share the machine with users using a different version of Windows, click [Additional Drivers...].

If you have installed an alternative driver by selecting [Share As:] during the printer driver installation, this step can be ignored.

On the [Advanced] tab, click the [Printing Defaults...] button. Specify the default values for the printer driver that will be distributed to the client computers, and then click [OK].

Click [OK], and then close the printer properties.