WINDOWS7 system shared network printer FAQ

In the office, many users are reflected in the use of Windows 7 after the feeling of hardware performance more fully, faster than ever, audio and video effects are not said. Also, Windows 7 has better network services than any previous Windows system, and installing network printers under Windows7 is a breeze. The following editors summarize the problems that are frequently encountered in adding network printers and in the office.

First, let's take a look at how to add a network printer.

1, open the Win7 Start menu, enter "Print" in the search box, the top of the Start menu appears "Print Management"

2, click to open "Print management" management, on the left "print server" above the right button, select "Add/Remove Server"

3, then under "Specify the printer server" under "Add Server" click on the right side of "browse"

4, on the left to select "Network", and then on the right to select the server you want to connect with the printer, after the selection, the following box will display the name of the corresponding printer server, then click on the right side of the "Select the Radio", and then click "Add to List", and then click "Apply", and then click "OK" on it.

5, finally, click "Start" in the "search box" to enter the IP address of the printer server, this will open the shared printer, and then click on the printer you want to connect, right click on "Connection", and then click "Confirm" several times.

Of course, if a network printer is shared by a user, you can simply access the shared network printer in your online neighborhood.

Second, let Windows 7 computers share a network printer on Windows XP.

Most of the time, Windows 7 systems in the office coexist with Windows XP computer systems. When you want to use a Windows 7 system computer to share a shared printer on an old machine, it is often difficult to achieve. The following method may help you solve this problem.

1. All computers that need to share the printer are set to the same working group;

2. If the computer where the printer is installed is the IP address obtained through the DHCP service, the IP address is changed to a static address; If the shared printer name is in Chinese, change to English;

3, on the installation of WINDOWS7 computer to download the appropriate WINDOWS7 printer driver and installation;

4, start-Equipment and printers, add printers;

5, click "Add Local Printer", although the shared printer is on the network, but choose "Add local printer";

6, in the Choice of printer Port window point "Create a new port", the port type selected local port, although the shared printer on the network, but to select the local port;

7. In the Port Name window, in the Enter Port Name dialog box, enter the IP address and shared printer name of the computer where the shared printer is installed.

8. If the system does not have a name error, then install the printer driver interface, select the corresponding printer brand in the list on the left of the window, and select the corresponding printer name in the list on the right-because the corresponding printer driver has been installed, so it should be found.

9. After the installation of the drive is completed, the Print test page appears, and if the test page prints successfully, the sharing success is indicated.

In addition, when printing any number of times, WINDOWS7 can help you add a print catalog to check the print progress. What to do: Open a command prompt manager, and then navigate to the folder or absolute path of the file directory you want to list, and then execute the following command:dir> Contents.txt, where you will see a new name named "Contexts.txt" under the file directory folder. File, open the file at this time and click Print.