Sharing non-network printers over a network-Windows 95, 98

By Jacque Murry and Tony Mitchell

v Go to the primary computer (the one physically attached to the non-network printer) and do the following:

1. Be sure you are logged onto the network such that you can see the Network Neighborhood and My Computer on your desktop

2. Test the printer on this computer that is physically attached to the printer, to be sure it is presently printing to the printer you are about to share. Remember it must have the printer drivers or software for the particular printer attached to it, to work.

3. Open the "My Computer" icon on the desktop and open the Printers folder

4. Right click on the printer you are using, and are about to share, and select Sharing.

5. Share the printer, named according to the teachers name: example SmithHP

6. Right click on Network Neighborhood and click on Properties

7. Look in the Configuration tab and make sure "client for Microsoft Networks" is there. If it is not, add it (if you don't know how, that is another lesson)

8. If Microsoft Networks is there, look lower in the window, below the configuration list, and click on the "File and Print Sharing" button.

9. Inside the next window that opens, put a check in the box that reads "I want to share my printer".

10. Restart this primary computer

11. When the computer is operational again, again right click on Network Neighborhood and choose properties.

12. This time choose the Identification tab

13. Name your computer/printer: example: you may want to name the computer Smith1, and the printer SmithHP (if you were not already able to do that)

14. Name the Workgroup with the teachers last name: example Smith (this is very important)

15. This computer should now show up when the NN (Network Neighborhood)

v Next go to the secondary computers (the ones in your room, not actually attached to the printer, but on the network in your building)and do the following:

1. Right click on NN (Network Neighborhood ) and choose properties

2. In the configuration tab make sure Microsoft Networks is there (if not, install it)

3. Click on the Identification tab

4. Name this computer Smith2 (no two computers on a network can have the same name)

5. Make the workgroup Smith (obviously use the teacher's name who teaches in that room)

6. Close NN windows

7. Restart the computer

8. Once the computer is operational again, put the printer driver software Cd into the CD ROM drive (The printer drivers, or software, for the printer we are sharing, must be loaded on each and every computer we desire to print from)

9. Open My Computer, Printers, and double click on Add Printer

10. You will need to install the software from the Cd, by clicking on "Have Disk" when prompted

11. During installation choose and bubble in "Network Printer"

12. Bubble in Yes next to the MS DOS based printing

13. Click on Browse button at the top of the window

14. Click on Smith1 and then SmithHP

15. Click on Next, Next, Next, Yes as windows default printer