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# Sharing the Printer on a Network

This section describes how to configure this machine as a Windows network printer.

The network printer is configured to enable network clients to use it.

- To change printer properties, you must have Manage Printers permission (Full Control access authentication under Windows Vista/7). Log on to the file server as an Administrator to acquire this permission.

- The following procedure is based on Windows 7 as an example. If you are using another operating system, the procedure might vary slightly.

On the [Start] menu, click [Devices and Printers].

Right click the icon of the printer you want to use, and then click [Printer properties].

On the [Sharing] tab, click [Share this printer].

To share the printer with users using a different version of Windows, follow steps 4 to 7.

Proceed to step 8 if you have installed an alternative driver by selecting [Share this printer] during the printer driver installation.

Click [Additional Drivers...].

Select the version of Windows in [Additional Drivers], and then click [OK].

Click [Browse...], and select the driver file, and then click [Open].

Click [OK].

On the [Advanced] tab, click the [Printing Defaults...] button. Specify the default values for the printer driver that will be distributed to client computers, and then click [OK].

Click [Apply].

Click [OK].