SHARING A PRINTER ON THE NETWORK

In order to share your local printer (a printer physically attached to your computer) with other computers on the ARPISD network, you will need to follow these steps.

Click on START

   Click on Settings

        Click on Printers

            Highlight the printer you wish to share

            Right mouse click on the printer you have highlighted

            Click on <Sharing>

Change the NOT SHARED to SHARED ASAND give your printer a name in the white box.  You will want to name your printer something that will be easily recognized by other computers.  Use the underline instead of spaces and do not use a LONG file name.

Click on <Apply>

Wait a few seconds and you will see a "hand" appear under your printer's icon Your printer is now able to be shared by other computers.

To share this printer with another computer, you will simply need to follow these directions.

From a networked computer,

Click on START

    Click on SETTINGS

        Click on Printer

            Click on ADD Printer

                Click on NETWORK PRINTER

                    Click on BROWSE

                        Find the NAME of the computer that is sharing (Ex: A10811)

                            Click on the Name of the Computer

                                Click on the NAME of the Printer

                                    Click on Finish.

Now this printer is one of your options under PRINT.

PS:  YOU CAN PRINT FROM HOME on any shared printer in the District using RAS (dialing into ARPISD).

BACK