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sharing a printer
I selected sharing in the printer properties but the
printer does not show up as a network device on my other pc's. When I share files and folders, they show up as expected. How do I get the printer to show up too? |
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sharing a printer
other PCs also Win XP?
"Alan" wrote in message ... I selected sharing in the printer properties but the printer does not show up as a network device on my other pc's. When I share files and folders, they show up as expected. How do I get the printer to show up too? |
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sharing a printer
Since the network appears to be configured correctly and you can see the
files and folders on the other PCs, let's have a look at the Sharing Properties on the Printer. Go to the Control Panel and doubleclick on Printers & Faxes. Right click on the printer in question and select Properties. Click on the Sharing tab. Ensure that the shared name of the printer is no longer than 12 characters/numbers and there are no spaces in that name. Ensure also that there are no illegal characters in it, including, but not limited to _, - and *. (And that you haven't acidentally put a space at the end of the shared name!) If the Properties of the Printer has a Security tab, take a look in there. You can set properties as to just which Users have the ability to use the printer. If the other Users are Limited Users, you might want to take a look at Bruce Sanderson's excellent article about how to install a network printer for ALL Users...: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm Hope this helps Cari www.coribright.com "Alan" wrote in message ... I selected sharing in the printer properties but the printer does not show up as a network device on my other pc's. When I share files and folders, they show up as expected. How do I get the printer to show up too? |
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