The easiest way to share a printer in a LAN is to install a local printer on a computer and then share the printer. Other computers can use the printer by entering "\ PrinterServerIPaddress \ printer printername. This method requires all the printers in the LAN to be in the same network segment. If the network is divided into subnets, you need to share the printer through the router, it may not work. The Internet Print Server method can solve the above problem. Www.2cto.com first needs to install a local printer on the computer that serves as the printer and set it as a shared printer. Server Settings: 1. Enable the IIS service function on Windows XP Professional operating system. (1) Open the "add or delete programs" window, click the "Add/delete Windows Components" button on the left side of the window to open the "Windows component wizard" dialog box. Select "Internet information service ". (2) In the "Internet Information Service (IIS)" dialog box that appears, confirm that the "World Wide Web Service" check box is selected. (3) Click "OK" to return to the "Windosw component wizard" dialog box. Click "Next" and insert a Windows XP installation disk to install IIS. Www.2cto.com 2. Modify the Windows Firewall settings and open TCP port 80. (1) Open Windows Firewall, click "exception", and click "add Port. (2) In the "add Port" dialog box, enter "Web Server" and port number "80", and click "OK" to close the dialog box. Click "OK" to Disable windows Firewall. 3. Modify the Printers Directory Security in IIS Information Service. (1) control panel> Management Tools> Internet Information Service, and start IIS management tools. (2) Click "Local Computer"> "website"> "default website"> "Printers", right-click the Printers attribute, and click "Directory Security" in the "Printers attribute" dialog box ", click "edit" and select "Anonymous Access" in the "authentication method" dialog box ". Click "OK" to close the dialog box. Click OK to close the "Printers properties" dialog box. Client settings: 1. Start IE and enter http: // server IP Address/printers 2. Enter the user name and password. The shared printer list is displayed. 3. Click a printer. Www.2cto.com 4. Under "Printer operations" on the left, click "Connect". In the displayed dialog box, select "yes" to automatically download the driver. If the "Configure Internet port" dialog box appears, select "Anonymous Logon" and click OK. 5. In the displayed dialog box, select "allow" to install the printer. In the dialog box that appears again, select "yes" for the driver warning. The installation is complete. 6. You can see the installed printer in the printer folder. Problems encountered during installation: 1. iis 2 needs to be downloaded. By default, the printers option is not available on the site because shanblue is not enabled for related services.