How to connect a computer to a shared printer in a local area network

Method 1: First, make sure that the printer has been installed on computer A and that it is shared.

We click on the system"Get started"- "Devices and Printers".

Click the "Add Printer" button in the pop-up dialog box:

Select Network printer or printer connected to another computer:

Select Browse printers:

Let's pay attention to this interface:

If it is a company user, we can see that there are many workgroups in the box of "Shared Printer", we need to know the workgroup of computer A connected to the printer, and find the name of the shared printer in its workgroup, and click "Next".

If it's a home user, what we see is the same printer that we share in our home.

At this time, the "Connect Printer" dialog box will pop up, and we can click "Yes" to install:

Then an interface will pop up, asking us if we need to print the test page, we select and click "Next" to complete the installation.

Finally, we open the "Devices and Printers" dialog box of the computer and see the printers we added

Then click on "Computers and People" – a computer on the network: ".

Then you will see the computer that will appear on the right side of the page, and we will double-click to open it:

Find the name of the printer we want to install, double-click to complete the installation, and the subsequent steps are the same as method 1, not explained.

Once you've found the shared printer, tap Connect.

Install the printer driver.

If the print driver is successfully installed, click "Devices & Printers" (XP OS system is "Printers & Faxes").

Click Success to share the printer.

How to share printers in a local area network.

How to connect printers to share with a local area network.

1.First, connect the printer to one of the computers, and make sure that the printer is turned on and the driver is working normally (the printer here uses the HP LaserJet M1005).

2.Go to Start - Printers & Faxes, in the Printers & Fax window, find the printer you have connected, right-click, and select Share from the drop-down menu.

3.In the printer HP LaserJet M1005 attribute window, select the Share This Printer option, the share name will be automatically generated, click Apply and then click OK, the printer icon will appear to indicate that the setting is successful.

4.Execute the start-run command, enter cmd to bring up the DOS interface, enter ipconfig to view the IP address of the computer connected to the printer, and of course, you can also view the IP address in other ways.

5.Execute -start-run on another computer, enter the unc path in the Dust Truck dialog box, and press enter.

6.Automatically open all shared folders and settings on your computer with IP address, find the shared printer, double-click the printer, and you can print the test. <>

On your computer, click the start button in the lower left corner, and then click "Devices & Printers". In the Device and Printer window, right-click, click Printer, the window appears, and then click Printer Properties. In the printer properties window, click "Share", in the sharing interface, select "Share this printer", and then click "OK".

Tools Raw Materials:

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- "Devices and Printers".

Xiaomi printers.

1. Click the start button in the lower left corner of the computer, and then click "Devices and Printers".

2. In the device and printer window, right-click the mouse, click the printer, the window appears, and then click "Printer Properties".

3. In the printer properties window, click "Share".

4. On the sharing interface, check "Share this printer", and then click "OK".