Win8 How to open a shared printer

First, press Windows + x combination shortcut to open Control Panel and select Network and Internet, and then select Network and Sharing Center, and then select the change advanced sharing settings on the left as shown below:

Finally, select "Enable File and Printer sharing" and click "Save Changes" to turn on the Win8 shared printer feature.

When the Win8 Print sharing feature is turned on, if a printer is installed on the WIN8 computer, then we find it, right-click on it and choose "Share" on the "Properties" option, which is the same as the previous Windows XP system shared printer, Details can read below: LAN printer Sharing setup graphics and text tutorial.

　Win8 Add shared Printer method

1, open "Control Panel", select "View Devices and printers", see the following figure

2, select "Advanced Printer Settings", the following figure:

3, search the connected available printers, click "I need the printer is not in the list", "Next", as shown in the following figure:

4. Select "Add local printer or network printer by manual setting", click "Next" button, the following figure:

5, select "Use existing port", choose the default is LPT1 port, click "Next" button, the following figure:

6, select the printer "Manufacturer" and "Printer Model", click "Next" button, the following figure:

7, select "Replace the current driver", click "Next" button, the following figure:

8, enter "Printer name", click "Next", the following figure:

9, choose whether to share the printer, click "Next", the following figure:

10, click the "Print test Page" button, print test installation print driver is normal, click the "Finish" button, the following figure: