Choose Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes (or simply choose Start > Printers and Faxes, depending on how your Start menu is configured).Ģ. To share a printer on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, follow these steps:ġ. These features include the ability to assign users to manage the print queue remotely, embed printer software for easier installation, and manage when the printer will be available based on a schedule that you define. In other words, they offer all the features of a big network with servers on your local machine. Windows 2000 and Windows XP are more sophisticated operating systems and subsequently have a server type of print sharing. Setting up sharing for the installed printerĪfter you enable printer sharing, it’s time to share your installed printer.
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Now you have full access to the printer’s software without having to use up space on one of your hard drives. The simplest way to make that accessible is to share the CD-ROM drive of the computer that the printer is attached to. These days, most printers have their software on CD-ROM.
In the shared folder that you create, copy the printer software that came with your printer. This is the same process as sharing a folder and is available by default in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Your first task is to enable the printer sharing within the Windows operating system of the computer to which the printer is attached.