printer sharing

If a shared printer on your local network suddenly refuses to connect, or your colleagues can’t print from the Windows PC that hosts the device, the fix is usually a mix of configuration, network, and driver work — but it’s rarely one single action. Microsoft’s official guidance walks through...

Set Up and Manage a Local Print Server in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 30 minutes A local print server lets one Windows PC share one or more printers to other PCs on the same network. This is useful when you want a single USB/network-connected printer to be available...

Experiencing the error “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file” when trying to open printer properties on a Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC can be especially frustrating, particularly for users who rely on networked printers or encounter permissions-related obstacles. This...

In many households and workplaces, there’s often one printer trying to serve multiple individuals. Instead of everyone taking turns plugging their device into the printer via USB or playing the "who-has-the-universal-connector" game, Windows offers a simple and efficient solution—sharing your...

I am using Windows and Linux systems. I have a printer with wifi that I can share easily to a Linux system since the printer directly supports IPP. However, I have another printer with no Wifi that is connected to a Windows 10 system. I would like to share that printer as well to Linux via...

After update KB5005565, my shared printers quit working on the client computer. I uninstalled the update, then they worked again. Now, after the latest update KB5006670, they quit working with different symptoms. The client computer can't connect to them over the network. The Microsoft...

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I have two HP laptops, both running 20H2 with the latest updates. A problem that existed before the upgrade did not go away after the upgrade like I thought it would. Both machines are networked through an Ethernet switch to the router and to a printer. I have shared folders on both laptops...

Hello everyone, I have a Dell server running Windows 2019 server Standard which is on the same network with 4 Dell pc's running Windows 7 Home X64. All machines have static IP. All the Dell pc's can see and access the server and files without any problem, through networking. The server can see...

Hi guys I have a Server running winSrv 2012 R2 and have being upgrading my little knowledge from version 03 days. Thus has been reading about the threshold to switch from workgroup to domain, etc, etc. I notice that my Server did not use a Work Group or a Domain to link up the many PCs in the...

Ok, so i have a random question. I have the davinci jr 1.0 printer. I went into windows 10 control panel, right clicked on my printer, then i hit share. I assigned my printer the name of Junior Ok, now on my laptop that is in the other room, i added a networked printer using the ip or hostname...

Hello guys...! We use various OS such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 in our office. In the beginning there's no networking problem, Windows XP can access to higher Windows, and Windows 7/8 can access Windows XP. Everything's fine until installing windows update MS17-010 on last Monday for...

I have my Windows 10 Pro computer to connected to cable modem via Ethernet. I am not using Wi-Fi, just Ethernet only. I discovered two folders that I have not seen before. I deleted the folders and tried to turn off file sharing. I clinked to save changes and looked at the file explorer and...

I have win10, win7 and winXP on our home LAN. I have XP because I have a printer that needs XP: no drivers available for any other brand of Windows: a Laserjet 3150. So the printer hangs off that PC as a local printer. Now I think if I want to access it across the network from these other...

Link Removed Since Windows 8.1, Microsoft has been providing native support for 3D printers with most popular printers already enabled via USB plug and play (see this Link Removed). Today, we have added a new Windows 10 IoT Core sample app, “Network 3D Printer” that adds support for an even...

I have a small home network of 2 XPs and some linux PCs. One of the XP PCs ( XP1, say ) has a printer. This printer is shared on the network and works OK. I've recently added a Windows 7 PC and made it use the same Workgroup as the others for networking purposes. All the Windows PCs can ping...

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Hi all At work me and my workmate both have window XP computers. we have just bought a Canon ix6850 Printer and i have installed it on my computer fine and it prints great. I have set it up to share over the network and on my mates computer when we go into print we can see the shared printer...

Hi all I'm new at this whole IP Based Location Printing thing... I'm currently managing a small school's network. They've got 3 printers on IP. All printers are shared via the domain PC (running the DC). One printer is in the Computer Lab, the other in the Staff Lab, and the other one in...

Hello! Have a problem I hope somebody have a solution on. When I connect with Remote desktop to a different computer, and have usb printers shared which I will install on the remoted computer, I don't know which of the TS port I shall use. The last computer I tried this on, it has 76 TS port...