Why is shared printer inaccessible on Windows 7?

This is a permission issue. We only need to perform the permission operation so that we can access it, as shown below.

Prompt to enter the account and password for access

Analysis: This is because the guest account is not enabled.

Solution: choose "start"> "control panel"> "user account and home security"> "add or delete account"> "Guest"> "enable.

Note: to share a printer, you need to set up a guest user to access your computer.