Advantages and disadvantages to having a network printer?
Advantages:
* You only need one printer for your entire network.
* You save money on office equipment.
* You save space.
* You only need one printer for your entire network.
* You save money on office equipment.
* You save space.
Disadvantages:
* If another user is printing hundreds of pages on the network printer you will have to wait for them to finish printing.
* The computer the network printer is attached to must be on for the printer to function.
* If another user is printing hundreds of pages on the network printer you will have to wait for them to finish printing.
* The computer the network printer is attached to must be on for the printer to function.
Sharing a Printer?
1. A network printer can be a printer that is already installed on one computer in your home or office network. It does not have to be anything special.
2. You need to know the actual computer name that the printer is installed on. How to find the Computer Name?
3. Printer Sharing has to be enabled. (Go to Control Panel>Printers Settings Icon>right click on the printer icon and choose sharing. Also create a simple name for your printer here.)
4. The share name of you shared printer. It usually is the brand of the printer which could be cannon bj3000, however I like to rename it just printer.
How to connect to the shared printer
1. Go to start then run (in xp) or search and program files (for vista and windows 7)
2. type \\servername or IP address of server where printer connected example \\192.168.1.1 note:always put \\ before server name or IP address. Note: if the server window is vista or windows 7 it require user name and password type the user name and password of server then it will connect.
3. window will apear double click the printer name that you want to connect and pop-up appear that you are connecting or needed to install driver press OK (for XP) or install driver (for vista and windows 7)
1. A network printer can be a printer that is already installed on one computer in your home or office network. It does not have to be anything special.
2. You need to know the actual computer name that the printer is installed on. How to find the Computer Name?
3. Printer Sharing has to be enabled. (Go to Control Panel>Printers Settings Icon>right click on the printer icon and choose sharing. Also create a simple name for your printer here.)
4. The share name of you shared printer. It usually is the brand of the printer which could be cannon bj3000, however I like to rename it just printer.
How to connect to the shared printer
1. Go to start then run (in xp) or search and program files (for vista and windows 7)
2. type \\servername or IP address of server where printer connected example \\192.168.1.1 note:always put \\ before server name or IP address. Note: if the server window is vista or windows 7 it require user name and password type the user name and password of server then it will connect.
3. window will apear double click the printer name that you want to connect and pop-up appear that you are connecting or needed to install driver press OK (for XP) or install driver (for vista and windows 7)
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