| Home > Setting Up The Printer on a Network Windows Me and 98 Network Setup Setting up the printer as a shared printer Accessing the printer through a network These instructions tell you how to set up your printer so other users on the network can share it. First you’ll set up the printer as a shared printer on the computer directly connected to it. Then you’ll add the printer to each network computer that will access it.
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These instructions tell you how to use the printer as a shared network printer. To connect the printer directly to a network without setting it up as a shared printer, consult your network administrator.
Setting up the printer as a shared printer Follow the steps below on the computer that is connected directly to the printer:
| Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
| Double-click the Network icon.
| Click File and Print Sharing.
| Select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) and click OK.
| In the Network window, click OK.
| In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers icon.
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If a message appears requesting that you insert the Windows Me or 98 CD-ROM, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen instructions. If a message appears requesting that you restart your computer, restart it, then open the Printers folder and continue with step 7.
| Select the icon for your printer in the Printers folder.
| Open the File menu and click Sharing.
| Select Shared As, enter the information for your printer, and click OK.
Top Accessing the printer through a network Follow these steps to add the printer to each network computer that will access it.
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Your printer must be set up as a shared printer on the computer to which it is connected before you can access it from another computer. See Setting up the printer as a shared printer
| Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.
| Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard appears.
| Click Next.
| Select Network printer and click Next.
| On the next screen, click Browse.
| Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected to the printer. Then click the icon for your printer.
| Click OK and follow the on-screen instructions.
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To monitor the status of a shared printer, EPSON Status Monitor 3 must be installed on each computer. EPSON Status Monitor 3 is automatically installed when you install the printer software.
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