Lab P-2 Installing a Printer Share on a Network

  1. Get a printer from me and set it up on your DELL computer.
  2. You may need to search for a cable to connect it. Be sure to return that cable to its proper place when you are finished.
  3. Go online on a Dell and find the drivers for all three of the operating systems you are using.
  4. Install the printer. Now share it.
    1. Right click on the printer.
    2. Select “Sharing”
    3. Name the printer share something simple
    4. Write down the name of your computer

 

    1. Write down the name of the share

 

  1. Prove that the printer can be accessed from another computer.
    1. Open the run command
    2. Type \\nameofcomputer\nameofshare

                                                              i.      Name of computer=your computer name (you wrote it down in d)

                                                            ii.      Name of share=the share name you gave your printer

  1. Install additional printer drivers so others from other operating systems can use your printer.
    1. First get the drivers you downloaded in P-1 and put them on a disk or on your computer.
    2. Right click on your printer share and select properties
    3. Click the sharing tab.
    4. Select Additional Drivers
    5. Click Intel Windows 95, 98, and Me. Click ok
    6. Browse to the drivers.
    7. Now when users of Windows 98 access your printer, they won’t need drivers. Try it with a neighbor who does NOT have the drivers installed.

 

Have me check off:

 

____ Printer installed

____Share name

____Additional drivers installed

____Neighbor prints to printer