Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
  • Lesson 2. Working with a Window
  • Lesson 3. Using Menus
  • Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
  • Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 8. Using My Computer
  • Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
  • Lesson 10. Using WordPad
  • Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
  • Lesson 12. Printing
  • Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
  • Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
  • Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
  • Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
    • Assigning Passwords to Screen Savers
    • Changing Your Password
    • Sharing Resources on Your Computer
    • Sharing Folders and Disk Drives on Your Computer
    • Setting File Permissions
    • Creating and Sharing a Printer
    • Sharing an Already-Defined Printer
    • Setting Printer Permissions
  • Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
  • Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
  • Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
  • Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment

Creating and Sharing a Printer

If a printer is connected to your computer, you can share it either during the process of defining (creating) the printer or later, after you have defined it. To share a printer during the process of installing it for first time, follow these steps:

1. Open the Printers folder, located in the Control Panel or in the menu under Start , Settings , Printers.
2. Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Welcome panel of the Add Printer Wizard Appears. Click the Next button.
3. Choose that you are adding a Local Printer.(Choose Network Printer only if you are trying to connect to a network printer or another shared printer.) If you choose local printer, you should also check the box that says Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer. Click Next.
4. If you did not select Automatically Detect and install (in step 3), you must select the port on your computer to which your printer is connected. If in doubt, select LPT1, as that is the port used by almost all printers these days. If you did select Automatically Detect, Windows attempts to locate the printer and finish the install process.
5. Accept the name offered by Windows for the new printer definition or enter a name of your own choice, keeping it to 31 characters or fewer. If this is the printer you will usually be printing on, answer Yes to the question whether it should be your default printer. Then click Next to reveal the sharing panel of the Wizard.
6. Choose Shared. Windows will concoct a share name of no more than eight alphanumeric characters, no spaces. This is so that any DOS-based (non-Windows-based) computers will be able to connect to the shared printer. If no such computers will be connecting to your shared printer, you may enter a longer share name if you like. Also, in the list in the bottom half of the Wizard window, choose the operating systems of all computers that will be printing to your shared printer. If you are not sure which to choose, choose at least Windows 95.
7. Then choose Next to move to the last panel, which asks if you want to print a test page. Probably you should answer Yes. Then click Finish. If you chose to install a new driver, Windows may prompt you to load the Windows CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive so that it can load the driver. If you chose to print a test page, the test page should be emerging from your printer any second now.

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