HP Deskjet 9680 Printer - To share a printer connected to your computer (the server)

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To share a printer connected to your computer (the server)

1

Click

Start

, point to

Settings

, and then click

Printers

(Windows NT 4.0, 98, Me,

and 2000) or

Printers and Faxes

(Windows XP).

(If Printers and Faxes is not found on the Start menu in Windows XP, click

Start

, click

Control Panel

, and then click

Printers and Faxes

.)

2

In the

Printers

folder, right-click the printer icon and then click

Properties

.

3

On the

Sharing

tab, select the “share the printer” option and give the printer a share

name.

4

Optional

. If you are sharing the printer with users of other versions of Windows, click

Additional Drivers

to install their drivers as a convenience to those users. This step

requires you to have the Starter CD in your CD-ROM drive.

When sharing a locally connected printer, use the newest operating system as the server.
It is recommended to use Windows 2000 or Windows XP as the server.

If Windows NT 4.0 is the server, administrators need to install the Windows 2000 and
Windows XP user mode driver on the server. This is because Windows 2000 and
Windows XP cannot print using the Windows NT 4.0 kernel mode driver.

To install the Windows 2000 and Windows XP user mode driver on the Windows NT 4.0
server:

i

In the driver properties dialog box on the server, click the

General

tab and then click

the

New Driver

button.

ii

When prompted for files, locate the Windows 2000 and Windows XP folder on the
printer Starter CD and select the user mode driver.

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