how can I create a local printer and shared printer in a network?

Question

I've researching this on the internet, but I still can't find an answer to my problem.

Answer 1

The easiest and cheapest way is to connect the printer to one PC and allow the other systems on the network to print through that computer. Unfortunately, however, to permit users to print from any other machine on the network, the host computer (the one that has the printer plugged into it) must be powered on.

Open Control Panel on the host PC: In Windows XP, select Start, Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, View installed printers or fax printers (if you have Control Panel in Classic view rather than in Category view, click Start, Control Panel, Printers and Faxes). In Windows 98, Me, and 2000, choose Start, Settings, Printers. In the Printers window, right-click the printer in question and select Sharing. Fill in the dialog box and click OK.
Now open Control Panel's Printers applet on the other PCs and select Add a printer (XP) or Add Printer (98, Me, and 2000). Follow the instructions in the Add Printer Wizard, making the appropriate choices for your network printer.





Setting up a Printing via a Network follows very much the same procedure as accessing a Disk-resource via the network:.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wgprint.html

Answer 2

1.You install a local printer on a networked computer.
2.That computer must have file and printer sharing enabled.
3.In the control panel on that computer you click on printers and faxes.
4. Right click on the local printer you wish to share.
5. Click the box that says Sharing
6. On the screen that appears you click the dot.. Share this printer.
7. You apply it and click OK

8. You go to another machine on the same network and click printers, then follow the directions to add a network printer.
You have a local printer on your machine 1 and a network printer on machine 2.

This assumes you are running Windows XP Vista etc.

If you really want to have a true network printer, get a print server. That is a device that attaches to the printer and has a direct ethernet port (or wireless port) and the printer is actually directly connected to the network.

Here is a step by step from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. Double-click "Printers & Faxes"
3. Double-click "Add Printer" to start the Add Printer Wizard
4. The Add Printer Wizard Welcome screen opens, Click Next
5. Click "Local Printer" , Make sure there's NO checkmark next to "Automatically detect and install ..."
6. Click Next
7. Select a Printer Port :

8. If your printer is actually attached to the computer, click "Use the following port" and select the port your printer's attached to.
9. If you're installing a driver only to keep PowerPoint happy, choose LPT1: or FILE: (it doesn't really matter, since you'll never actually print to the port)
10. Click Next

Install Printer Software:

1. If installing a real printer, select your printer manufacturer and printer model here.
2. If installing a printer only to keep PowerPoint happy, choose the HP LaserJet 4V/4MV as we've done here
3. Click Next
4. Name Your Printer
5. Give the printer a name (this is the name you'll use to select it later)
6. Click "Yes" under "Do you want to use this printer as the default printer" (this option may not appear in all Windows versions; see Notes below), Click Next

Printer Sharing:

1. Click "share this printer" , Click Next
2. Print Test Page, Click No, Click Next .
3. Completing the Add Printer WizardL:
4. Review your choices. Click Back if you need to change anything
5. Click Finish

Answer 4

A loacl printer requires the printer to have network capability, in other words able to hold its own ip address. A shared printer is a printer attached to one computer, then shared so any one can connect to it and print. But the computer that it's attached to has to always be on.

Answer 5

Turn on file and printer sharing.