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SHARING A PRINTER

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by digitalshy

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At work I use Netware 4.12 on the server. For the work stations we used Windows 95/98. We have two printers, one is connected to the server. How do I share the other printer on a workstation?

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by jmar17

First, go to your desktop and find the Network Neighborhood icon. Right click on it and select properties. Click on File and Print Sharing. Check "I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s)." Hit OK and Windows builds a driver information database. Then OK to the Network dialog box and Windows starts copying files. Then restart your workstation. Your printer should now be shared. Hope this helps!

Jeff

by digitalshy

This suggestion did not work. I also tried using access control and then select user level, then entered the name of the file server. I got the following message: Windows could not find the specified security provider on the network.

N.B.: Thisworkstation has on Windows 98.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Any other suggestions?

by acurrin

You could also create a printer and print queue on the server and then service the print queue with NPRINTER95. It works fairly well. Look at support.novell.com for TIDs on NPRINTER for setup information.

by jmar17

After enabling File and Print Sharing, I forgot to mention that it's also necessary to share the printer. To do that, you go into Windows Explorer, and look for the printer on that workstation. Then right click on the printer. Choose Sharing and there you should select Shared as. And set the type of access you want for the printer as well as any required passwords. Now the printer should be accessible from other workstations as long as they're all in the same workgroup. Hope this helps this time!

Jeff

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