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Hard Resource Sharing:

Printer Management

By N. Ganesan, PhD
© N. Ganesan, All Rights
Reserved
Hard Resource

• An example of a hard resource is a


printer
• Unlike folder sharing, hard
resource sharing requires a driver
to be installed for the
corresponding hard resource
Printer Sharing

• Printer sharing is a two-step


process
• First, install the printer and then
share the printer
Printer Installation

• Access the printer icon from the


Control panel
• Click on the Add Printer icon and
the printer installation wizard will
guide the user through the
installation steps for the printer
The printer would be shared later.
The printer
has been installed
Sharing the Printer

• From this point onwards, the steps


involved in the sharing of the
printer is almost the same as
sharing a folder
• Right click on the printer and share
the printer with the appropriate
permissions
Right
Click
Give a name for
the shared printer.
Current driver.
Additional
driver.
Installing Additional
Drivers
• Additional drives are installed for the
sake of the clients wanting to install
this printer for use after it is shared
• When other clients access and install
the printer, the appropriate driver
for the client OS will be installed.
– Eliminates the need to install the driver
from, for instance, the Windows 2000
disk to use the printer
Additional
drivers
are installed
from the
Windows 2000
disk locally.
Allowing Users to Share
the Printer

• The next step is to give the


privilege to selected users to use
the printer
Default
assignment
of users to
the printer.
Different
privileges
are
assigned to
different
users.
Advanced permissions.
Additional
permissions
and controls.
The hand
indicates that
the printer is
being shared.
The check mark
indicates that
the printer is
the default
printer for the
local computer.
Connecting to a Printer
• At the client, the network printer
must be installed in order for it to
be used at a client
• The installation procedure is
similar to that of installing a local
printer
• The difference is that a network
printer instead of a local printer is
selected for installation
Note, this client
also has a
printer called
Office Color Jet.
This is different
from the network
printer that is
going to be
installed.
Network printer is
selected instead of
local printer.
Name such as
\\computer\printer
could be entered as
well.
Note the
appearance
of network
printer.
Local Printer

Network Printer
Properties etc. can
be set if the
permission is
granted for this
user.
A Simpler Method of
Accessing and Sharing
Printers
• Locate the network printer
– By browsing the network from the
Network Neighborhood, for example
• Right click and connect the printer
• If the appropriated driver is
available at the network location or
locally, the printer would be
automatically connected
Local Printer
Network printer available
on the network at
Ganesan510.
Right click to connect.
Network printer
connected for
sharing and
available for
sharing.
Setting Printer Properties

• If permission is given, a number of


printer preferences and
parameters can be set by a user
Printers and Properties

• Printer properties are, of course,


dependant on the type of printer
installed
Summary
End of Chapter

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