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How to Share Folders and Printers on Your Network
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Tutorials Last Updated: November 14, 2005
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Sharing Printers

Sharing a printer is very easy. Just go to Start, Settings, Printer and Faxes, right click on your printer and choose Sharing from the menu that will pop up.

Enabling Printer Sharing
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Figure 12: Path for sharing your printer.

On the window that will appear, check “Share this printer” and enter a name for the shared printer in Share name box. This will be the name your printer will be known by the other computers on your network.

Enabling Printer Sharing
Figure 13: Sharing the printer.

Click on Ok and your printer will be accessible by all other computers located on your network. Let’s now see how other computers can access your shared printer.

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