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Setting Up a Server

Follow the procedure below to set up a print server so that the printer can be shared by users.

Important

  • Only administrators can make this setting. Log on as a member of the Administrators group.

Configure a computer connected to the printer as the print server.

The print server is a computer used to manage the shared printer on the network.

1On the [Start] menu, click [Control Panel].

2Click [Network and Internet Connections].

3Click [Network Connections].

4Click [Local Area Connection] to highlight it, and then, in the [File] menu, click [Properties].

5Select the [Client for Microsoft Networks] check box.

6Click [OK].

7Install the printer driver.

8On the [Start] menu, click [Printers and Faxes].

9 Click the icon of the printer, and then click [Sharing...] on the [File] menu.

10Click [Share this printer], and then enter a name in the [Share name] box.

11Click [OK].

Note

  • Configure a computer connected to the network, where the print server is connected, as a client computer.