Sharing the Printer Installation

You may be using your computer and the printer connected to your computer in an environment where multiple computers are connected by a network. In this case, you can share the use of your printer with the other computers on the network.

If you choose to share the use of your printer, your computer acts as the host system or server to the other computers (also referred to as remote or client systems).

After you set up your printer for sharing, the client systems must install the printer driver onto their systems. They can do so directly from your system. Based on which Windows operating system you are using, the following client system can share your printer:

When a document is printed by the client system to a shared printer, any printing messages (status or error messages) display on the server system.

To set up the printer for sharing:

1. On the MultiPASS server system, on the Windows desktop, click 'Start'.
   
   
2. On the Start menu, point to 'Settings' and then click 'Printers' (in Windows XP, click 'Printers and Faxes' on the Start menu).
   
   
3. In the Printers window (in Windows XP, the Printers and Faxes window), click the MultiPASS printer icon.
   
   
4. On the File menu, click 'Sharing'. If the Sharing command is not available, you need to set up printer sharing in Windows. For details, see your Windows user documentation.
   
   
5. In the Properties dialog box, on the Sharing tab, click 'Shared', 'Shared As', or 'Share this printer'.
   
   
6. In the Share Name box (Windows 98/Me/XP) or Shared As box (Windows 2000), type a name you want to assign to the shared printer. If available, you may also want to assign a password, which would then be required by the client system when using the printer.
   
   
7. If your situation matches the following, set up an alternate or additional driver:
   
   
   • Windows 2000/XP server system sharing with Windows 98/Me client systems
     Click here for additional information.
     
     
8. In the Properties dialog box, click 'OK'.

To install the printer driver on a client system:

1. On the server system, verify that the Status Monitor is running.
   
   
2. On the client system, on the Windows taskbar, click 'Start'.
   
   
3. On the Start menu, point to 'Settings', and then click 'Printers' (in Windows XP, click 'Printers and Faxes' on the Start menu).
   
   
4. In the Printers window (in Windows XP, the Printers and Faxes window), double-click 'Add Printer' (in Windows XP, click 'Add a printer').
   
   
5. Follow the on-screen instructions. Install the printer driver as a network printer, based on the name assigned to the shared printer.
   

You cannot install the printer driver on a client system that has a previous version of the MultiPASS software (version 4.1 or earlier).