Win7 is no doubt the mainstream of today's system, Officer is also used in this system. As an office-standing printer, how can I share a shared printer with resources? Next, I'll show you how to Win7 set up printer Sharing .
1, Cancel and disable the Guest account, because other people to access the computer installed printers are in the Guest account. Click the "Start" button, right-click on "Computer" and select "Manage", as shown in the following image:
2, in the "Computer Management" to find the "Guest" user, as shown in the following figure:
3. Double-click "Guest" to open the Guest Properties window and make sure the "Account disabled" option is not checked, as shown in the following illustration:
4, Next is the sharing printer. Click the "Start" button and select "Devices and Printers" as shown in the following illustration:
5. Find the printer you want to share, right-click on the printer, and select Printer properties, as shown in the following image:
6, switch to the "Sharing" tab, check "Share this printer", set the printer's specific share name, as shown in the following figure:
7, tight next to the Advanced sharing settings, right-click Select, Network Connection icon, select Network and Sharing Center, as shown in the following figure:
8, Save the current network type, then select the homegroup and sharing options, as shown in the following figure:
9, and then click Change advanced sharing settings, as shown in the following illustration:
10, if the family or work network, the option of advanced sharing settings can refer to the following figure, the key options have been marked with the red circle, the setting is complete do not forget to save the changes
11. Note: If it is a public network, the specific settings are similar to the above, but should be set under the "public" option, rather than "family or work" below, as shown in the following figure:
12. Set up a workgroup: Before you add a target printer, first determine whether the computers in your local area network are in a workgroup, as shown in the following steps:
Click the Start button, right-click on the computer, select Properties, as shown in the following image:
13, in the pop-up window to find a workgroup, if the computer's workgroup settings are inconsistent, click "Change Settings", if the same can be directly exited, skip to step 15th.
Note: Remember "computer name" and the following settings will be used