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Printer Sharing
How would I go about sharing a printer from a Windows ME machine to other
computers on my network. Anyhelp would be fantastic, I can do it from XP machine's to XP machines, but I'm just not sure how to enable the printer for sharing. TIA DAN -- ========== Dan Walters |
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Printer Sharing
Install the printer on the Win Me PC. Then using Control Panel | Network
enable File & Printer Sharing and make sure you check the box to allow others to print to your printers. Next under Start | Settings | Printers, select the printer, check the box to share the printer and assign a name. Keep the name short and do not include any blanks. You should now be able to add the printer to your XP PCs using Start | Settings | Printers & Faxes | Add Printer. Check the radio button "A network printer ..." and then either browse for the printer or enter its name (using \\PCName\PrinterName) and continue until finished. Ensure that the firewall on your XP PC is set to allow access to remote printers. If using XP's native firewall ensure that File and Printer Sharing is enabled and that the box with he same name is checked in the Firewall exceptions list. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows DanielWalters6 wrote: How would I go about sharing a printer from a Windows ME machine to other computers on my network. Anyhelp would be fantastic, I can do it from XP machine's to XP machines, but I'm just not sure how to enable the printer for sharing. |
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Printer Sharing
thankyou for your help!
Worked without a hitch! -- ========== Dan Walters "Mike M" wrote: Install the printer on the Win Me PC. Then using Control Panel | Network enable File & Printer Sharing and make sure you check the box to allow others to print to your printers. Next under Start | Settings | Printers, select the printer, check the box to share the printer and assign a name. Keep the name short and do not include any blanks. You should now be able to add the printer to your XP PCs using Start | Settings | Printers & Faxes | Add Printer. Check the radio button "A network printer ..." and then either browse for the printer or enter its name (using \\PCName\PrinterName) and continue until finished. Ensure that the firewall on your XP PC is set to allow access to remote printers. If using XP's native firewall ensure that File and Printer Sharing is enabled and that the box with he same name is checked in the Firewall exceptions list. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows DanielWalters6 wrote: How would I go about sharing a printer from a Windows ME machine to other computers on my network. Anyhelp would be fantastic, I can do it from XP machine's to XP machines, but I'm just not sure how to enable the printer for sharing. |
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Printer Sharing
Thanks for posting back and letting us know you've managed to share your
printer. Well done. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows DanielWalters6 wrote: thankyou for your help! Worked without a hitch! |
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