How to share printers on different network segments

The difficulty of sharing printers across a network segment

Assume that the internal LAN has two subnets "192.168.1*" and "192.168.2.*".

The computer in the "192.168.1*" segment wants to use the printer shared within the "192.168.2.*" segment, but because the IP address is in a different network segment, the computer in the two network segment cannot share the printer.

Solutions for sharing printers across a network segment

If the computer IP address for the shared printer is "192.168.2.10", the computer name is PRINT-HP and the shared printer name is HP. Then in the "192.168.1.*" network segment of the computer want to share the use of this printer, then the two-step operation.

1. Open the Command Prompt window and go to the "c:winntsystem32driversetc" directory. Enter "Edit hosts", edit the Hosts file, start a new line at the end of the file, add "192.168.2.10 print-hp", and save and exit.

2, click "start → settings → printer" In the "Printer" window, double-click "Add Printer". Go to the Add Printer Wizard window and click the Next button. In the local or network printer selection interface, select Network Printer, and then click the Next button. In the Find Printer window, click the Next button directly. Go to the Browse Printer window, type "print-hphp" in the Printer field, and then click the Next button, and the wizard will automatically install the printer driver. Then, in the default printer interface, select Yes. In the Completing the Add Printer Wizard interface, you can share a printer across a network segment by clicking the "Finish" button.

The above method tests successfully under Win XP, if you are the other system, the same method, but the specific operation may be somewhat different. I hope you will soon realize sharing printers across the network segment