Share printer. With PrinterShare ® you can share your printer in less than a minute and let other people connected to the Internet (your friends, relative and colleagues) print paper documents on it. You don't need to know or deal with specifics of network sharing, complex settings and figuring out Windows access rights. Sep 17, 2016 - The ability to share printers is one of the major draws of setting up a home network. By setting up a network printer, you'll be able to print from.
Below are the steps required for connecting to a working printer on a network and print to it.
Connect network printer in Windows 10
- Turn on your printer and make sure it is connected to the network.
- Click on the Hardware and Sound link.
- Click on the Add a device link under Devices and Printers.
- Let Windows scan for the printer and if detected, select the printer and click Next. If the printer is not listed, click The printer that I want isn't listed and skip to add printer by name or TCP/IP address.
If you know the printer's name, choose Select a shared printer by name and enter the path to the printer. For example, with a network named hope and a printer named hp, the network path would be: hopehp.
If you do not know the printer's path, but have the printer's IP address, select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname.
Click Next.
- If during the install, Windows asks for drivers, point to the location of your printer drivers. If you do not have drivers, visit our printer drivers section to find links to all printer drivers.
Connect network printer in Windows 8
- Turn on your printer and make sure it is connected to the network.
- Click on Hardware and Sound.
- Double-click the Add a printer icon.
- Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer and click Next.
- Let Windows scan for the printer and if detected, select the printer and click Next. If the printer is not listed, click The printer that I want isn't listed and skip to add printer by name or TCP/IP address.
If you know the printer's name, choose Select a shared printer by name and enter the path to the printer. For example, with a network named hope and a printer named hp, the network path would be: hopehp.
If you do not know the printer's path, but have the printer's IP address, select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname.
Click Next.
- If during the install, Windows asks for printer drivers, point to the location of your drivers. If you do not have drivers, visit our printer drivers section to find links to all printer drivers.
Connect network printer in Windows Vista and 7
- Turn on your printer and make sure it is connected to the network.
- Click on Hardware and Sound.
- Double-click the Add a printer icon.
- Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer and click Next.
- Let Windows scan for the printer and if detected, select the printer and click Next. If the printer is not listed, click The printer that I want isn't listed and skip to add printer by name or TCP/IP address.
If you know the printer's name, choose Select a shared printer by name and enter the path to the printer. For example, with a network named hope and a printer named hp, the network path would be: hopehp.
If you do not know the printer's path, but have the printer's IP address, select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname.
Click Next.
- If during the install, Windows asks for printer drivers, point to the location of your drivers. If you do not have drivers, visit our printer drivers section to find links to all printer drivers.
Connect network printer in Windows 2000 and XP
- Turn on your printer and make sure it is connected to the network.
- Double-click the Printers or Printers and Faxes icon.
- Double-click the Add a printer icon.
- Once in the printer wizard, click the Next button to get started.
- Select either A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer or Network Printer and click Next. The option depends on what version of Windows you are using.
- Type the name of the printer's network address. The address is the name of the computer and then the name of the printer. For example, with a network named hope and a printer named hp, the network path would be: hopehp. If you are adding the printer on a Windows XP computer, click the Browse icon to browse your network and locate the printer. If you're unable to connect to the printer or browse and see the printer, make sure you have network rights and that any installed firewall is temporarily disabled.
- Once the network path to the printer is typed in, click Next.
- If the computer does not have the drivers for the printer, you need to install the drivers either from a drivers disc or from a download on the Internet. If you no longer have the software or drivers for your printer, you can locate the drivers for your printer through our printer drivers section.
Connect printer in Windows 95, 98, or ME
- Turn on your printer and make sure it is connected to the network.
- Double-clickPrinters
- Double-click the Add a printer icon.
- Click Next to start the Add a printer wizard.
- Select Network Printer and click Next.
- Type the network path for the printer. For example, with a network named hope and a printer named hp, the network path would be: hopehp.
- If the computer does not have the drivers for the printer, you need to install the drivers either from a drivers disc or from a download on the Internet. If you no longer have the software or drivers for your printer, you can locate the drivers for your printer through our printer drivers section.
Additional information
In order to share a printer in the network, connect the printer cable either to a computer that is connected to the network or to a network hub.
- If you connect your printer to a computer through a USB connection, Windows automatically detects the printer and adds it to the list of available printers.
- If you connect your printer to a network hub, you need to manually install the printer drivers, what if they are not installed automatically when you physically connect the printer to a computer.
Then turn the printer on, go on the next steps below:
How to Connect Printer to Network and Sharing It
After you physically connect the printer to a computer on the network, you can share the printer so that other users can access it. To share the printer in Windows 10, use these steps.
Step 1: Open Settings app, click Devices.
Step 2: On the right side of Printers and Scanners tab, click the printer that you want to share, click Manage.
Step 3: Click on Printer Properties. On the Sharing tab, check Share this printer checkbox.
Step 4: Give the printer a Name, click Apply and OK.
How to Connect to Printer Using IP address
You need to know the name of printer and IP address of computer that printer connected to. Or the printer IP Address, learn more abouthow to view IP address of Computer in Windows 10/8/7.
Option 1: Connect to Printer using IP Address
Step 1: Press shortcut keys: Win + R to open Run box, enter printers IP address.
Step 2: Click on the shared printers from the result list. Connect to that printer.
Step 3: When it prompting a dialog 'Do you trust this printer', click on install drivers.
Step 4: Complete the additional steps in the wizard, and then click Finish.
Option 2: Add a Printer using IP Address or Hostname
Step 1: Open Control Panel, click Hardware and Device and then click Devices and Printers.
Step 2: Click on Add a printer in the toolbar of Devices and Printers.
Step 3: If you see the printer you’re looking for, click the printer you want to install. Windows will handle the installation, download drivers if needed.
Tips: If you don’t see the printer you want to install, and you’re sure you’ve got it properly connected to the network, click the The printer that I want isn’t listed link. Go on Step 4.
Step 4: Select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname and then click Next.
Step 5: Keep Device type to Autodetect and fill in the Hostname or IP address. Ensure that Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use is ticked, click Next.
Step 6: Wait for detecting TCP/IP port. When it jumped to install the printer driver process, select the manufacturer of printer in the left pane, select shared printer in the right pane, and then click Next.
Step 7: Type a new name for printer if the default name doesn't suit you and then click Next.
Step 8: Choose whether to set the new printer as the default and then click Finish button.
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