How to add a network printer in win7 and how to operate it

Step 1: Set NIC parameters.

Go to the control panel, select "View Network Status and Tasks", and select Change adapter settings to enter the local network settings. Right-click on the local connection to select Properties, and double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 in the pop-up interface to enter the network parameter settings.

Set NIC parameters.

Step 2: Open Win7 Sharing Settings.

Click Change Advanced Sharing Settings on the left side of the Open Network and Sharing Center interface to open the Advanced Sharing Settings window, set Network Discovery, File and Printer Sharing, and Public Folder Sharing to Enable, Turn off Password Protection Sharing, and click Save to modify after the settings are complete.

Change file sharing settings.

Step 3: Set up a win7 workgroup.

Right-click on the computer and select "Properties", select "Advanced System Settings" on the left, switch to "Computer Name" in the pop-up window, click "Change", and then set the 2 computers to the same workgroup in the "Workgroup" option that pops up.

Set up a workgroup.

Step 4: Turn on Win7 folder sharing.

Right-click the folder you want to share, select Properties, select Share, and then click Advanced Sharing at the bottom, and select Share this folder in the pop-up window.

Set up folder sharing.

Step 5: Turn off the Win7 firewall.

Firewalls may cause inaccessibility of LAN files. Go to the Network and Sharing Center, click Firewall for Windows, in the Firewall for Windows window, click the Turn on or off Firewall for Windows command, select the Turn off Firewall for Windows option in the window that opens, and click OK to save.

Turn off the firewall.

Step 6: Enable Win7 folder sharing rules.

After the firewall is turned off, in the "Advanced Settings" on the left side of the "Firewall Settings" screen, find the "File and Printer Sharing" option in the "Inbound Rules" and "Outbound Rules" rules, respectively, and set all of them to "Enable Rules".

Step 7: Set Win7 file sharing permissions.

In Windows 7, you also need to set the sharing permissions of folders to implement file sharing. Review the properties of the shared file, then switch to the "Sharing" tab, click "Advanced Sharing" to open the "Advanced Sharing" dialog box, and click "Add" "Advanced" and "Find Now" in "Permissions". Then, select "everyone" in the search result and set the user's operation permissions as needed.

Step 8: Open Win7 NTFS format file permissions.

The disk format we use in Windows 7 is NTFS, and we also need to set the permission of NTFS format. Right-click the folder you want to share, select Properties, select Security, click Group or User Name in the column, click Add, enter everyone in the Select by Object Name, and click OK.

1. First, click the start menu in the lower left corner, and a column of menu items pops up;

2. In the pop-up menu item, there is the "Device and Printer" option in the second column of the two columns, click on it;

3. After clicking to enter, the page of adding a printer appears, and you can find the "Add Printer" option at the top, click on it;

4. After clicking to enter, it prompts you to follow what type of printer, select the following item to add network printer and wireless printer;

6. After clicking, continue the installation later, so click the "Next" button in the lower right corner;

7. After clicking, the page prompts that the printer will install the driver, and we continue to click "Next";

8. The page displays "Installing printer......”

9. After the installation is completed, it will prompt whether to share the printer, generally select "Do not share this printer", and then select "Next";

10. After all the steps are completed, the page prompts that the printer has been successfully added, you can choose whether to set the printer as the default printer according to the situation, and click the "Finish" button to complete our settings.

Here's how:

1.Mouse click "Devices & Printers" in the Win7 start menu.

2.After opening the "Devices and Printers" interface, click "Add Printer" at the top.

3.Then click "Add Network, Wireless or Bluetooth Printer" in the pop-up screen.

4.The system automatically searches the network for networked printers and lists the results. Click the printer model you want to add in the search results, and then click the "Next" button.

5.After clicking, if the computer has a driver for that model of printer preinstalled, a prompt will pop up that the printer is being installed. At this point, just wait and follow the prompts.

Tools Material: Take win7 system as an example.

1. First, on the desktop, click on the "Start" icon.

2. Then in that interface, tap on the "Devices & Printers" option.

3. After that, in that interface, click on the "Add Printer" option.

4. Then in the interface, click on the "Add Local Printer" option.

5. Then in that interface, select the "Printer Port" option.

6. After that, in the interface, click the "Next" button.

7. Then in the interface, select the corresponding printer.

8. Then in that interface, click the "Next" button.

9. After that, in the interface, enter the printer name.

10. Then in the interface, click the "Next" button.

11. Then in the interface, click the "Done" button.

12. Finally, in the interface, a new printer icon is displayed.

The steps are as follows: 1. First, click the Windows Start button in the lower left corner of the screen, and select "Devices and Printers" to enter the settings page. Note: It can also be accessed via Devices and Printers in Hardware & Sound in Control Panel.

2. On the "Devices and Printers" page, select "Add Printer", this page can add a local printer or add a network printer.

3. After selecting "Add Local Printer", you will enter the interface of selecting the printer port type and select "Add Network, Wireless or Bluetooth Printer (W)".

4. At this time, the list will show the printer you are connected to, select the model you want to add to add.

5. Wait until the page shows "Installing the printer" and it's done.