WinXP System Printer Sharing

In an office, it is impossible to have a printer for each person, some data printing is unavoidable to use print sharing, this article on the Windows XP operating system to achieve print sharing.

　　First, configure the printer

1 Open "Printers and Faxes" In Control Panel, select "Add Printer" on the left option or right-click;

2) Click "Next";

3 Next click "Next"; Note: You must not select the "Automatically detect and install Plug and Play printer" check box;

4) After making the selection, click "Next";

5 fill in the information and click "Next"; Note: "200.1.1.11" is the IP address that you set for the print server, and the port name where you enter the port name you set for the print server or use the default value (ip_200.1.1.11: The IP address of the print server).

6) Click "Next".

According to the actual situation to make a choice and then click "Next"; Note: Select the printer manufacturer and model that is connected to the corresponding port on the print server (the port selected in the previous step);

7 after the completion of the click "Next", according to the prompts to correctly install the printer driver can be.

　Second, the sharing printer

This step is the key, is related to the "a computer" on the printer can give "B computer" sharing the use of the problem, I hope we pay careful attention.

1. After the print driver is installed, the printer icon that has been properly installed appears in the folder "Start Menu" → "settings" → "printers". Right-click on this flag, select Share, and on the Sharing tab, on the share as, in share name, fill in the name you want to share, such as: ZXB.

2. At this point you should be able to see the printer icon and other shared settings, the icon will be added a small hand. If you see the small hand of the printer, it means that the printer has been shared successfully.

　Third, configure Network sharing protocol

To enable shared printing, computers in a local area network must have a "File and Printer Sharing protocol" installed.

1. Click Network Neighborhood on the desktop, then click the right mouse button, open the Network dialog window, and then click File and Printer Sharing.

2. In Dan's File and Print Sharing dialog box, select the check box for allow other users to access my files (F) and allow other computers to use my printer (P), and then click OK.

3. The system will be prompted to insert Windows System installation disk, specify a good installation directory, will begin to automatically install files and Printer Sharing protocol. After the installation is complete, the system automatically requires that the computer be restarted and the new shared settings take effect after the reboot.

Iv. installation and configuration of the client

A computer work has been basically completed, the following will be required to share the printer B computer Configuration. Every computer in the network that wants to use a shared printer must have a print driver installed.

1. Click start → settings → printers, and then double-click Add Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard and click Next. When the wizard asks your computer how to connect to the printer, select the "Network printer" option (Note: This example is about a common printer sharing on the network, so it is not really a network printer), click "Next".

2. Enter the network path for the printer below. Here we can enter the network path "AHP" for the shared printer using the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format that accesses the network resources (OA is the user name of Computer a). You can also click the Browse button to find a shared printer in your workgroup, select the computer that has the printer installed (such as: 0A), click the "OK" button after selecting the printer, select the network path for the printer, and click "Next".

3. The system will enter the printer name again, after entering, click "Next" button, then press the "Completion" button, if the other party set a password, here is required to enter a password. Finally, add the HP DeskJet 200 icon in the printer window, and the network printer here is already installed.

b Computer on the printer driver has been installed, the following will be configured for the Network sharing protocol, the specific configuration method and just a computer on the "Configuration Network sharing agreement", here will not repeat. Finally, you can open the "settings" → "printer" on the Start menu, and you will see the "Network printer" logo installed.

　Five, printer sharing trouble shooting

In Windows XP, it's often impossible to share a printer for a variety of reasons. Solving problems requires the right remedy to understand the problems and solutions that are most likely to occur when sharing printers in Windows XP.

　　1, network neighbors can not view the normal

To share a printer in Windows XP, the first thing to do is not to install the network printer directly on the workstation, but to first look at the View workgroup computer item in My Network Places to see if the computer that has the printer installed (the print server) is available. If you can find a print server, the basic conditions for sharing a printer are available, and if an error occurs, you should resolve the problem first.

Solution: In the Confirmation LAN workgroup name consistent premise, enter the Local Area Connection Properties window, click the "Install" button to add "NWLink Ipx/spx/netbios Compatible Transport Protocol" protocol, You can resolve this problem without restarting the workgroup computer or by clicking the "View workgroup Computer" Item, "There is no permission to browse So-and-so workgroup ...".

　　2. The workstation does not search for a shared printer

This is the most common problem for most local area network users when they install shared printers on a Windows XP workstation, typically by showing only "Microsoft Windows network" Information in the list of shared printers, while shared printers are not searched.

Solution: There are three ways to solve this problem. The first is that after the "NWLink Ipx/spx/netbios Compatible Transport Protocol" protocol is installed for "Local Area Connection", it is usually possible to search for a shared printer, and the second is to directly double-click the Network Places to enter the print server, Right-click on the shared printer icon, choose "Connect" in Dan's shortcut menu, click "Yes" in Dan's box to quickly install the shared printer; Check that the print server's local connection has the Internet Connection Firewall enabled, and if it is turned on, Cancel this feature and install the NetBEUI protocol (non-routing protocol) If you want to share files and printers with the Internet Connection Firewall feature.

　　3, the workstation has no driver to install the printer

Typically, the network administrator needs to transfer the driver files for the shared printer to the workstation to install the shared printer driver on the workstation. But if there are dozens of workstations to do this, it will make network managers feel headache.

Solution: There are two ways for everyone to choose. The first is to use Windows XP to install the "other drivers" method to resolve. For example, to install the Lenovo 6110 printer, assuming that there are 20 Windows 98 workstations, first install the 6110 for 98 drive on any workstation, and then copy the Lgbcpr.inf file from the workstation "C:windowsinf" directory to the print server. Then go to the print server's Shared printer Properties window, click the "Other Drivers" button in the "Sharing" tab Setup interface, check the "Intel Windows 95, 98, and Me" entry in the dialog box in Dan, and then specify the location of the "Lgbcpr.inf" file. When prompted to specify the "Lexgo.exe" file, specify the "driverswin_9xlexgo.ex_" file in the drive disk, and the system will automatically replicate the required driver files. Once replicated, user-supplied drivers are no longer required to install shared printers on other workstations. However, this approach is cumbersome, and it is difficult for beginners to determine what files are required in the process.

A more recommended method is the second, "Map Network Drive" method. This method is easy to use when all printer shares are shared. For example, to install the Epson Lq-1600kⅲ printer, first share the printer driver files on the print server. Then go to the print server in the workstation's Network Neighborhood, locate and select the shared printer driver file, click the "Map Network Drive" menu item, and then click the "OK" button in the drive list. Then, when you need to provide a driver file for the shared printer, manually specify the mapped drive and, as prompted, quickly complete the drive installation.

Tip: How to set up custom paper in Windows XP

Click "start → settings → printers and Faxes" to select "Print Server Properties" in "File" in the window that appears. Select "Create new Format" in the Properties dialog box in Dan, and then name the form you created in the table name above. Enter the size of the custom paper in the format description (size), noting that the metric unit is cm instead of 0.1mm in Windows 98, don't make a mistake. Finally click "Save Format", finished, point "off", you can use the normal Windows XP custom size of the paper.