How to connect to a shared printer, how to connect to a shared printer

Here's how:

1. Find management. Let's first set up the computer connected to the printer with a data cable, also called the computer of the shared printer, come to the desktop of the computer that shares the printer, find "My Computer", right-click, and select "Manage".

2. Find "guest". After entering the management interface of the computer, find "Local Users and Groups" under System Tools, select Users, and find "Guest" on the right side.

3. Remove the checkmark that permanently disables the account. Double-click guest to enter the guest's attribute interface, find "Account is disabled", remove the previous checkbox, and then click "OK".

4. Find the network and internet connection. Find the icon of the network in the lower right corner of the computer desktop, click on it, find "Network and Internet Connection", click it to enter the main interface of the network settings, and find "Sharing Options".

5. Turn on sharing. Enter the interface of the sharing options, find "Network Discovery" and File Printer Sharing, turn on the sharing of both options, and then click "Save Modification", at this time, our shared printer's computer is set up.

6. Find the device and printer. Next, let's set up the computer that remotely connects to the shared printer, enter the control panel, find "Devices and Printers", click on it, and enter the main interface.

7. Add a printer. At the top of the host plane, find "Add Printer", after clicking, it will automatically search for the shared printer, wait for a while, it will be searched, then select the printer you just set, click Next to connect.

If you can't find a shared printer in Printers - Add Printer - Search Network Printers. First, see if that computer can see the shared file of the other computer, if not, prove that the sharing is not enabled, and run the file.

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Step 1

Set up sharing. 1On your primary computer (the computer where you need to set up your printer as a shared computer), tap Start in the bottom left corner of the screen and select Printers & Fax:

2Open the Printers & Faxes folder

3. Right-click on the one you want to share. printer, select the "Share" command from the pop-up menu, as shown in the image above;

4 The Properties dialog box is opened, and the Share tab has been navigated:

5 Let's select the "Share this printer" single option, and enter the name you want to display in the share name below, this name must comply with the NetBIOS rules (within 15 characters), as shown in the figure above;

6. After completion, click the "OK" button, and the sharing is completed;

7. Back to the "Printers & Faxes" folder, you can see that a hand symbol has been added to the lower left corner of the shared printer icon:

Step 2 Add a shared printerMethod 1.

1 This method is relatively simple, but there are some cases where it can be added and there are problems.

2. First of all, we know the IP of the main computer; Then enter this IP directly in the "Run" dialog box and press enter

3At this time, a dialog box will pop up to enter the user name and password, note that it is the administrator user name and password of the main computer

4. After entering the correct password, click the "OK" button to open the other party's document and device sharing:

5. Drag the other party's shared printer to the "Printers & Faxes" folder of our computer:

6. A warning dialog box of "Connect to Printer" will pop up:

8 Wait a while and the addition will be completed:

Step 3: Add a shared printerMethod 2

1On the computer where you want to add a shared printer. Open the Printers & Faxes folder as well. Here, take win8 as an example, open "Devices and Printers":

2 We click the "Add Printer" button in the top toolbar, as shown in the picture above;

Opening the Add Printer dialog box, we select Add a local or network printer as administrator:

Since the printer is shared from a network, we select Add a network, wireless, or Bluetooth printer

Since the printer we need is not in the result list above, we click "The printer I need is not in the list" again, as shown in the picture above;

If the printer driver is not found, a warning box will pop up

After clicking the OK button, a dialog box pops up asking you to select the printer drive path:

After finding the driver, click the "OK" button to start the installation, and wait for a while to complete the installation.