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This article describes how to use Windows XP and the other users on the network share the printer. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (for Microsoft network file and printer sharing)
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (for Microsoft network file and printer sharing) allows other computers on your network with Microsoft networks on your computer's resources. The component will install by default and is enabled. It is connected via the TCP/IP protocol to be applied as a unit and want to share to a local folder. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (for Microsoft network file and printer sharing) component is equivalent to the Windows NT Server services in 4.0. On a network to share a printer with other users
If you need to share your printer, use the following procedure:

open Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes) window. Then click on start, Control Panel (Control Panel), Printers and Other Hardware (printers and other hardware equipment), Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes). Right-click your wish for a shared printer, and then on the shortcut menu that appears select Sharing (sharing). In Sharing (sharing) tab, click Share this printer (share this printer) and enter the share name.


If you need to use different types of hardware devices or operating systems users are sharing the printer, click Additional Drivers (other drivers). Click the Environment (environment) and select the other computer operating system you use, and then click OK to attach the driver has been installed.



Description: version for other Windows operating systems (Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0) driver is located in the support CD. For Windows NT 3.1 and Windows NT 3.5 driver is not included. Click OK; if you have installed additional drivers, click Close (close).
Note: when you publish in Active Directory, a printer, log on to the Windows domain of the other users will be able to according to location or related characteristics (e.g., number of pages printed per minute and whether it supports color printing) searches to this printer.

If you want to stop sharing your printer, use the following procedure:

open Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes) window. Then click on start, Control Panel (Control Panel), Printers and Other Hardware (printers and other hardware equipment), Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes). Right-click your wish for a shared printer, and then on the shortcut menu that appears select Sharing (sharing). In Sharing (sharing) tab, click Do Not share this printer (and not share this printer).

As required on the network to establish a connection to a printer, use the following procedure:

open Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes) window. Then click on start, Control Panel (Control Panel), Printers and Other Hardware (printers and other hardware equipment), Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes). Under Printer Tasks (tasks) area, click Add a printer (add printer) to open the Add Printer Wizard (Add Printer Wizard), and then click Next. Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer (network printer or connected to other computers on the printer) and click Next.

And establish a connection to a network printer in three ways
If you need to search for printers in Active Directory, then do the following

click here: Find a printer in the directory (find a printer in the directory) and click Next.



Click Location (location) box to the right of the Browse button, select the printer and click OK.

Click Find Now (find). Select your desired attached printer and click OK.

If required enter a printer name or browse to locate the printer, use the following procedure:

click Connect to this printer (and even

Received this printer).
Complete the following: enter in the following format: name of the printer on a network, browse \\printserver_name\share_name printer. Click next in the Shared Printers (shared printer) list, select the printer you want.
Click Next. If you need and the Internet or internal network printer connections, use the following procedure:

click Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network (connected to the Internet or a home or office printer on the network).


In accordance with the following format to enter the printer's URL address: http://printserver_name/printers/share_name/.printer depending on screen instruction through the connection to a network printer in individual steps.

Settings or delete printer permissions
If you need to modify printer permissions, you must have the Manage Printers permission (management) (one of several printer permissions.) If you need to set up a new printer permissions, use the following procedure:

open Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes) window. Right-click the printer that you want to modify permissions, and then on the shortcut menu that appears select the Properties (attributes). After that, click the Security tab (security).



Click the Add (add). Click Look For (and find), select how you want to add a user type and click OK. Click the Look In (search), you want to search by location and click OK. In the name text box, enter the name you want to set permissions for users or groups, separated by semicolons (;) delimited. To ensure that the appropriate name recognition can be a directory, click Check Names (name). If you want the selected name is included in the name box, click OK. In the Permissions (permissions) on the list, depending on your need for each type of permissions, click allow or Deny (deny). If you want to view or modify the print, Manage Printers (management) and Manage Documents (document management), and other low-level printer permissions, click Advanced (Advanced).

If there is a need to amend or remove printer permissions, use the following procedure:

open Printers and Faxes (printers and faxes) window. Right-click the printer that you want to modify permissions, and then on the shortcut menu that appears select the Properties (attributes). After that, click the Security tab (security). Click you want to modify, or remove permissions for user or group. In the Permissions (permissions) on the list, depending on your need for each type of permissions, click allow or Deny (deny). If you want to remove from the permissions list for a specific user or group, click Remove (delete). If you want to view or modify the print, Manage Printers (management) and Manage Documents (document management), and other low-level printer permissions, click Advanced (Advanced).