How to share a printer via LAN

In the day-to-day work of office workers, many different documents are often printed for meetings or customer contacts, but each office usually has only 1 printer. Therefore, each printing will take a lot of time, especially if you have to print in large quantities. Therefore, today, TipsMake.com will guide you how to share the printer via internal LAN so that many computers can print documents together. The article has 2 steps, 1 is to share the printer with another device and 2 is to connect to the shared printer, please refer.

Note : First, you need to connect 2 computers to each other via LAN and the printer will be plugged into one of 2 computers. TipsMake.com recommend plugging the printer into the computer used for printing the most, the other is only printed when the main machine is activated. Also, install the printer driver for the computers on the network.

Step 1: Share the printer via LAN with another computer

This operation will be performed on the computer that is connected to the printer.

1. Go to Control Panel and select Devices and Printers

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2. Next, check the Set as default printer line and click Printer properties

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3. In the new dialog box that opens, select the Sharing tab and check the Share this printer line. Then click OK

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4. Back to Control Panel , click Network and Sharing Center

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5. Click Change advanced sharing settings

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6. Check the numbered options below

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7. Scroll down to Password protection sharing section and check the Turn off password option to protect sharing . Then, click Save changes

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Step 2: Access the shared printer in the LAN

This operation will be performed on the computer that needs to print the document.

Go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers and then click Add a Printer

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In the window that appears, select Add a network, Wireless or Bluetooth printer , when the following window appears, select The printer that I want isn't listed .

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Please tick the option Select a shared printer by name and select the correct computer name that has shared the printer and click Next to finish.

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In addition to adding the printer above, if you know the IP address of the printer sharing computer, you can do the following, press the Windows + R key to open the RUN window, enter the IP address of the computer connecting to the printer. Go to> OK .

A window appears with the list of devices shared by the other computer, you choose the right printer you need, double-left-click (or right-click and choose Connect) to connect to the printer.

The above is how to share a printer on the LAN and how to connect to a shared printer, hopefully the article will help you in connecting the printer to the computer.

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Good luck!