Printers that come ready for networking typically have a network adapter installed. Check your printer’s manual for more information, but printers that are ready to be connected to a wired network have a special jack called RJ-45 installed, which looks similar to a regular phone jack, just bigger.
In simplest terms, printers connect to wired networks through the router. One of the plugs goes into the router, and the other end goes into the printer’s jack. When all the pieces are restarted, you’ll need to install print driver on all the PCs that will use the printer. This can usually be found on the CD that came with the printer (as well as on the manufacturer’s Web site).
Wireless
If your printer is wireless-enabled, you don’t have to connect any cables to it at all. You will need to get it recognized by the network, meaning that if you have security features enabled on your wireless router (and you should), you’ll need to share those with the printer. Consult the printer’s manual for the details, as this process is different from printer to printer.
Print Servers
Even printers that aren’t network-enabled out of the box can often be networked by using a print server, a device that connects to your router and your printer. This lets the printer be shared by any computer on the network.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless protocol that many PCs and cell phones use (for a wireless headset, for example). You can find many printers that can be Bluetooth-enabled as well, so you can print from your phone or (if you're not too far away) your laptop. It's unlikely that a printer will come with Bluetooth built in, so you'll need an adapter. These are thumb drives that plug right into the printer's USB port. If you intend to print from your phone, Bluetooth is a handy option.
Sharing a Printer
The Printing Preferences menu for your printer will give you an option to share the printer if it’s network ready. This process is usually quite simple: open the printer’s properties (in Windows you’ll open the Control Panel, choose Printers and Other Hardware, and then View Installed Printers) and look for a tab called “Sharing.” You’ll need to give the printer a name so that the other computers on the network can find it.
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Hi, I am going to add a new post regarding Network Printer Problems. It Provide Printer Support to troubleshoot Network Printer Problem. Note that this post references a more extensive post about troubleshooting local (non-network) printing issues. It help to share printer in network. Below some tips listed to fix network printer problems.
These are following:
1. Verify that your printing issue is actually related to your network, and is not caused by a local printing issue. To do so, try printing to a local printer, or perform the steps to Troubleshooting Printing Problems in Windows 95/98
Note that if you can print to a local printer, your issue is probably network related. You may need to contact your system administrator for further assistance with your printing issue.
2. Print to a file, and then copy the file to the print server:
a. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
b. Right-click the printer you want to use, and then click Properties.
c. Click the Details tab, and then click File in the Print To The Following Port box.
d. Print a document from any program. When you are prompted, type a file name for the print job.
e. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
f. At the command prompt, type copy path to filefile namenetwork printer name /b, and then press ENTER, where path to file is the location of the file you created in step D, file name is the name of the file you created in step D, and network printer name is the location of the printer on the network (for example, \\servername\sharename).
NOTE: The /b switch denotes a binary file and causes the whole file to be printed. Without the /b switch, the whole file may not be printed. The printer may stop printing the file at the first CTRL+Z character it encounters in the file.
3. Capture a printer port for the network printer rather than using a universal naming convention (UNC) connection:
. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
a. Right-click the printer you want to use, and then click Properties.
b. Click the Details tab, and then click Capture Printer Port.
c. Click the port you want to capture (such as LPT2) and the path to the network printer (such as \\server name\printer share name).
NOTE: If you want this connection to be available each time you start your computer, click to select the Reconnect At Logon check box.
4. Try to print the document from another computer on the network. If you can print successfully from a different computer, your issue is specific to your local computer or with the program or document on your computer. You may need to perform the steps in the article listed in step 1.
5. If you still cannot print to the network printer, perform standard network troubleshooting steps:
o Try to browse the print server.
o Remove and reinstall your network protocols.
6. If you have multiple network clients installed, try removing one of the clients:
. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.
a. Click one of the network clients, and then click Remove.
b. Click OK.
c. Restart your computer, and try to print again.
These are following:
1. Verify that your printing issue is actually related to your network, and is not caused by a local printing issue. To do so, try printing to a local printer, or perform the steps to Troubleshooting Printing Problems in Windows 95/98
Note that if you can print to a local printer, your issue is probably network related. You may need to contact your system administrator for further assistance with your printing issue.
2. Print to a file, and then copy the file to the print server:
a. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
b. Right-click the printer you want to use, and then click Properties.
c. Click the Details tab, and then click File in the Print To The Following Port box.
d. Print a document from any program. When you are prompted, type a file name for the print job.
e. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
f. At the command prompt, type copy path to filefile namenetwork printer name /b, and then press ENTER, where path to file is the location of the file you created in step D, file name is the name of the file you created in step D, and network printer name is the location of the printer on the network (for example, \\servername\sharename).
NOTE: The /b switch denotes a binary file and causes the whole file to be printed. Without the /b switch, the whole file may not be printed. The printer may stop printing the file at the first CTRL+Z character it encounters in the file.
3. Capture a printer port for the network printer rather than using a universal naming convention (UNC) connection:
. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
a. Right-click the printer you want to use, and then click Properties.
b. Click the Details tab, and then click Capture Printer Port.
c. Click the port you want to capture (such as LPT2) and the path to the network printer (such as \\server name\printer share name).
NOTE: If you want this connection to be available each time you start your computer, click to select the Reconnect At Logon check box.
4. Try to print the document from another computer on the network. If you can print successfully from a different computer, your issue is specific to your local computer or with the program or document on your computer. You may need to perform the steps in the article listed in step 1.
5. If you still cannot print to the network printer, perform standard network troubleshooting steps:
o Try to browse the print server.
o Remove and reinstall your network protocols.
6. If you have multiple network clients installed, try removing one of the clients:
. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.
a. Click one of the network clients, and then click Remove.
b. Click OK.
c. Restart your computer, and try to print again.
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