How to set up printer sharing on Win10?

To set up a shared printer in Win10, you can follow these steps:

  1. Firstly, on the computer where you want to set up the shared printer, make sure that the printer is connected to the computer and the printer driver is successfully installed.
  2. Open the “Control Panel” in the Win10 operating system.
  3. Select “Devices and Printers” in the control panel.
  4. Locate the printer you want to share in the Devices and Printers window, then right-click on it.
  5. Choose “Share” from the right-click menu.
  6. Choose “Share this printer” in the printer Properties window.
  7. You can choose to allocate an easily recognizable shared name to the shared printer, along with optional shared comments.
  8. Click on the “Apply” or “OK” button to save the settings.
  9. The shared printer is now set up on your Win10 computer.

Next, if you need to use a shared printer on another computer, you can follow the steps below:

  1. Open the “Control Panel” on another computer.
  2. Choose “Devices and Printers” in the control panel.
  3. Click on “Add Printer”.
  4. In the printer setup wizard, choose “Network, Wireless, or Bluetooth Printer”.
  5. Wait for a while until the Win10 computer finds the shared printer.
  6. Select the shared printer and follow the instructions to complete the adding process.

After completing the above steps, other computers will be able to access and use the shared printer through the network.

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