Share Printer in Wireless Network

What are the advantages of sharing printer in the wireless network. Give the tips to do so.

A printer is a peripheral or a computer device which interacts with a computer and receives information from it. It helps to create a hard copy of documents that exist in electronic form on the computer’s hard drive or a location accessed by the computer. As like the other peripherals, the printers can be connected to the computer in various ways. Connection methods have traditionally included the printer cables, USB cables, Ethernet cables, and more recently, the wireless connections. The printers which are capable of connecting without wires are referred as wireless printers. A wireless printer has several advantages over the ordinary cable connected printer. It can be placed farther from the computer, which can diminish noise, or create centralized access for a printer which is shared by several people. By making use of wireless printer, you can eliminate the danger of long cables that may cause a tripping hazard. You can also share your printer in your network to enable people connected in your network make use of the printer.

The benefits of sharing printer in wireless network and the tips to share printer on a wireless network are:

• Saves money
• Convenience
• Tips to share the printer

Saves money

It saves money in purchasing printers for every system or for every computers in your office or home. We can say that the printers are fairly expensive devices. Hence it is uneconomical to buy them for every computer. With wirelees printer, you may opt to purchase one good printer for your office or home and connect it to your main computer, and share it on the network. You can save a lot of money and the space by doing this.

Convenience

Sharing a printer in your home or office network helps you add convenience for your work and saves a lot of time. Any connected computer can access your printer wirelessly and can print hard copies wirelessly. You don’t need to transfer the documents or files to a pen drive or any other storage medium and bring to your server to take prints. The sharing does all such jobs and adds convenience.

Launch the control panel on your computer. The easiest way to do this is by opening the Start Menu and clicking on its shortcut. There you need to open the 'Printers' or the 'Printers or other hardware' window. Right click on the printer you want to share over the network and the select Sharing option from the drop down menu which appears. Then, switch to the Sharing tab and hit on the button labeled 'Change sharing options'. Check the box next to the 'Share this printer' option. You can create a network name for the printer, and enter it into the appropriate field. After that click 'OK' to save the changes and make the printer available over the wireless network.

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