MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

11-26 Chapter 11 Setting Up, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Printers
Lesson 4: Configuring Network Printers
After you have set up and shared network printers, user and company printing needs
might require you to configure printer settings so that your printing resources better fit
these needs.
The five most common configuration changes you can make are as follows:
■ You can share an existing nonshared printer if your printing load increases.
■ You can download additional print drivers so that clients running other versions of
Windows can use the shared printer.
■ You can stop sharing an existing shared printer.
■ You can create a printer pool with multiple printers so that print jobs are automatically
distributed to the first available printer. In this way, users do not have to
search for an available printer.
■ You can set priorities among printers so that critical documents always print
before noncritical documents.
After this lesson, you will be able to
■ Share an existing printer.
■ Install additional printer drivers.
■ Stop sharing a printer.
■ Create a printer pool.
■ Set priorities among printers.
Estimated lesson time: 25 minutes
How to Share an Existing Printer
If the printing demands on your network increase, and if your network has a printer
that is already installed as a local printer but not yet shared, you can share the printer
with the network.
When you share a printer, you need to assign the printer a share name, which
appears in My Network Places. Use an intuitive name to help users when they are
browsing for a printer. You can also add printer drivers for all versions of Windows
XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows
95, and Windows 98.
In the Properties dialog box for the printer, you can use the Sharing tab to share an
existing printer (see Figure 11-7).