Sharing Printer Win. XP to Win.7

Sharing printer among the Win. XP Computers has no problem.

Just create a workgroup - Set the printer to 'share' mod - Then search the printer by browsing on-line among the workgroup - done.

but sharing a printer from a Win. XP cmputer to a Win. 7 computer is different.

Let us say, we have a Win. XP computer with a printer installed locally. Now, we need to share the printer with a Win. 7 computer.

Way 1
Go to 'Add printer' -Add a local printer - Create new port - Local port - Type the printer's path correctly, such as \\MAINSERVER\Printer3 (look for  the correct path at the network setting) - Select the printer's name from the list - if wasn't listed, then let the Window search for it and update online.

Way 2
Install manually the printer driver onto the Win. 7 computer - Follow the steps from way 1, but don't let the window update the driver. We can use the already installed driver or CD driver to complete the steps.

for more information :-

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/xp-to-windows-7-printer-sharing/

Thanks a lot my dear HELPDESKGEEK.COM

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14.01.2011