Tips for sharing network printers in Windows

Any computer on the network, regardless of the operating system used, can send print files over the network to a printer connected to the Windows 2000 Server printer or other network printers.

1. Install and share a local printer

A local printer is a printer connected to a user's computer. To add a printer to Windows 2000 Server, follow these steps:

(1) Select the "Start> set> printer" command to open the "Printer" folder. You can use the "Printer" folder to manage and set existing printers or add new printers.

(2) double-click the "Add Printer" icon to start the "Add Printer" Wizard. With the help of the "Add Printer" wizard, you can install the printer correctly. After the "Add Printer" Wizard is started, the first dialog box in the "Add Printer" Wizard is displayed, prompting you to start printer installation.

(3) Click "Next" to go to the "select local or network printer" dialog box. In this dialog box, you can choose to add a local printer or a network printer. Select the local printer option to add a local printer.

(4) Click "Next" to bring up the "select printer port" dialog box. Select the port on which the printer is to be added. If you want to use the original computer port, you can select the "use the following port" option. Generally, your printers are installed on the LTP1 printer port of your computer.

(5) Click "Next" to bring up the "select printer model" dialog box, and select the printer manufacturer and model. The manufacturers list lists the manufacturers of printers supported by Windows 2000.

If the printer used is not listed in the printer list box, Windows 2000 does not support this type of printer. Generally, the printer comes with a printing driver that supports Windows 2000. In this case, you can click the "Install from disk" button to install the print driver.

(6) Click "Next" to bring up the "Name your printer" dialog box. In this dialog box, you can submit a name for the printer.

(7) Click "Next" to bring up the "printer sharing" dialog box.

You can set whether other computers can share the printer. If you select the "do not share this printer" option, the printer installed by the user can only be used by the local machine, other users on the LAN can not use this printer. If you want other users to use the printer, you can select the share as single option, and enter the name of the printer when sharing in the text box that follows, the printer can be used as a network printer. Select "share as", and enter the name of the printer when sharing in the text box.

(8) Click "Next" and ask the user to provide the location and description of the printer in the pop-up window. You can enter the location of the printer in the "location" text box for other users to conveniently view the printer.

(9) Click "Next". In the displayed dialog box, you can choose whether to test the printer to see if the printer has been correctly installed.

(10) Click "Next". In the displayed "adding a printer in progress" dialog box, all the information set in the previous steps is displayed. Click "previous" to modify the content.

(11) If you confirm that the settings are correct, click "finish" to complete the installation.

2. Add a network printer

If a shared printer exists in the LAN, you can use it for network printing. However, you must add a network printer. The procedure is as follows:

(1) in step 3 of "Add Printer", select "Network Printer" and click "Next". You can set the printer search method here.

(2) If you want to find a printer in the Working Group, click "Next" to bring up the "Find printer" dialog box. In the LAN, you can select "Enter the printer name, or click" Next "to browse the printer.

(3) You can enter the printer name or click "Next" to bring up the "Browse printer" dialog box. The shared printer list lists all the shared printers in the domain and the computers connected to the printer. If there are multiple printers in the LAN, you can find a suitable printer here.

(4) Click "Next". In the displayed dialog box, you can set whether to set the printer as the default printer.

(5) Click "Next". In the displayed dialog box, the Network Printer set by the user is displayed. After clicking "finish, you can use a network printer just like a local printer.

3. Set Print Server attributes

After a printer is installed and shared on Windows 2000 Server, the printer can be used as a print Server to provide network printing services for network customers. To make it easier for network customers to print files using network printers on servers, users who provide network printing services should set printing server properties as needed, including the print format, port, driver, and print policy. The procedure is as follows:

(1) Select the "Start> program> Administrative Tools> server configuration" command to open the "Windows 2000 Server Configuration" window.

Click the "Print Server" hyperlink to display the printed server content in the left pane. Then, double-click the "manage" hyperlink to open the "Printer" window.

(2) In the "Printer" window, select the "server properties" command of "file" to open the "Print Server" dialog box.

(3) On the "format" tab, the "All formats" list box lists all print formats. If the server administrator wants to create a new format, select the "Create new format" check box, edit the existing name and measurement unit to define the new format, and then click "Save format. To delete the created format, select it from the "All formats" list box and click "delete.

(4) On the "ports" tab, you can add, delete, and Configure Ports.

(5) On the drivers tab, administrators can update, add, and delete printer drivers on servers, and view and modify Printer Driver properties.

(6) On the "advanced" tab, you can set the advanced attributes of the printing server as needed. For example, an error is prompted when the remote printing fails. After setting various attributes, click "OK" to save the settings.