User’s Guide Printing Sharing the Product for Printing Setup for Windows These instructions tell you how to set up your product so other users on the network can share it. First you will set up the product as a shared printer on the computer directly connected to it. Then you will add the product to each network computer that will access it. Note: ❏ These instructions are for small networks only. To share the product on a large network, consult your network administrator. ❏ The screen shots in the following section are from Windows 10. Setting up the product as a shared printer Note: Log on to your computer as an administrator. Enter the administrator password if the computer prompts you.
Follow the steps below on the computer that is connected directly to the product: A Windows 10: Right-click on the start button, or press and hold it and then select Control Panel > View devices and printers in Hardware and Sound . Windows 8.1/ Windows 8: Select Desktop > Settings > Control Panel , > View devices and printers in Hardware and Sound or Hardware . Windows 7: Click the start button, and then select Control Panel > View devices and printers in Hardware and Sound or Hardware . Windows Vista: Click the start button, select Control Panel > Printer in Hardware and Sound . Windows XP: Click the start button, select Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Printers and Faxes .
B Windows 10/ Windows 8.1/ Windows 8/ Windows 7: Right-click the icon for your product, click Printer properties , and then click Sharing . Then click the Change Sharing Options button. Windows Vista: Right-click the icon for your product, and then click Sharing . Click the Change sharing options button and then click Continue . Windows XP: Right-click the icon for your product, then click Sharing . 27