How to configure printer for 10 user?

Question

i m trying to configure printer for 10 users, but i don't have any particular method, can any body help me or mail me to [e-mail]

Answer 1

First you have to share the printer.
Go to the printer control panel, right click the printer, and click sharing. Check the box for enabling sharing, and name it something intuitive (HP or something like that)
Click Ok to close it.
Make a note of your computers name: right click My Computer and click properties. On the name tab, get your PCs name.
Then on another PC, click Start -> Run and type \\YourComputerName and hit enter
A list of shares on your PC will pop up. Right click the printer icon, and click connect. It will say something about needing to install a driver, click Yes.
Do this on every PC. You may need to go to the manufacturers site and install the drivers if you are using a different OS. Like if the host is XP, p and 2k machines should connect just fine, win98 or me or 95 will probably need the driver installed.

Answer 2

Go to control Panel and click on printers and faxes there you can set up a network printer for anyone that is connected to the same internet connection that you are, there is no limit to how many people can use that one printer.

Answer 3

You can share the printer on the network. Sharing is not recommended. this will cause the slow printing. Best way to share the printer is Jetdirect Print server. Just connect the network cable to the printer, assign one IP address to the printer.


http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl08171

Answer 4

you can use a print server from D-Link, if you have that many users. this will queue up the jobs properly. Or if you are on a home-style network, just share the printer. that should work too.

Answer 5

It depends on type of printer you have with you, if it is a HOst based printer you cannot share it in network.

If it is not a Host based printer, fllow the steps in below link :

For XP :

http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_home_network.htm


For 98 (Host):

Please perform the steps below to install the printer in Windows 98 computer.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers.

2. Double-click AddPrinter, then click Next.

3. Choose Network printer as the printer connection, then click Next.

4. Enter the path or queue name of the printer. For example, type: \\HostComputerName\PrinterName or \\ServerName\QueueName

Or

5. Click Browse to browse the Network Neighborhood to locate the print server and printer.

6. Click Next.

7. Click HaveDisk, and insert the HP Deskjet 5700 Series Printer Software CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

8. In the InstallFromDisk dialog box, click Browse, and then browse to the hpf5700x.inf file in your desired language.

It will be in enu/drivers/Win9X_ME in the software CD that was shipped with the printer.

9. Click OK to close the Opendialog box.

10. Click OK to close the InstallFromDisk dialog box, then click Next.

11. Either accept the default printer name (the default printer name is recommended) or enter a printer name for the network printer on the computer, then click Finish.


For 98 (Client)

Please perform the steps below to install the printer drivers in Host computer;

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

2. Double-click AddPrinter, and then click Next.

3. Click LocalPrinter as the printer connection, and then click Next.

4. Click HaveDisk, and insert the HP Deskjet 3520 Series Printer Software CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

NOTE: If the CD-ROM auto runs and starts an installation program, exit that program before continuing.

5. In the InstallFromDisk dialog box, click Browse, and then browse to the hpf3500x.inf file in your desired language.

It will be in enu/drivers/Win9X_ME in the software CD that was shipped with the printer.
Click OK to close the Opendialog box.

6. Click OK to close the Install From Disk dialog box, and then click Next.

7. Select the printer port from the Available ports dialog box (USB001 and click next)

8. You can enter a name for the printer, but the default name is recommended. If you want to use this printer as the default printer, click Yes.

9. Click Finish to complete the installation of the HP Deskjet printer software. If prompted, restart Windows.

Answer 6

Use a printer server and put it on the network, or hook it to a specific PC and do it in a peer to peer network.

Answer 7

you have to get printer which support netowrk and work with ethernet,connect it to your network and install the driver ,you can save money with this