How to implement printer sharing settings for computers across network segments

How to set up computers in different network segments to share printers

First, on the computer connected to the printer, set the printer as a "shared" device. The specific operation method is as follows: Enter the "Control Panel", find and click "Network and Sharing Center". In the pop-up window, click "Advanced Sharing Settings". In the new window, find and check the "Enable file and printer sharing" item. After completing the above steps, the printer will be successfully set as a shared device.

Enter the "Control Panel", find and click the "Devices and Printers" option, then right-click the printer you want to share and select "Printer Properties".

Next, we will open the "Printer Properties" window. Switch to the "Sharing" tab in the window and check "Share this printer". At the same time, we also need to set a custom "share name" and finally click the "OK" button. In this way, we have successfully completed the printer sharing settings.

Next, we need to open the Control Panel, which you can find in the Start menu. Once it opens, click on the "Programs and Features" option. On this interface, you will see a button named "Turn Windows features on or off", click on it.

In the pop-up window, find and check the "Internet Information Services" option, make sure "World Wide Web Service" is checked, and then click the "OK" button to update and install this service.

In the Windows Firewall interface, find and click the "Allow a program or feature to communicate through Windows Firewall" option. Then, find the "File and Print Sharing" process in the interface and check it. Finally, click the "OK" button to complete the settings. This allows file and print sharing functionality to communicate through Windows Firewall.

Next, we click the "Control Panel", "Administrative Tools" and "Internet Information Services (IIS Manager) Manager" buttons in order to enter the corresponding interface.

In the opened "IIS Server" window, expand "Local Computer"-"Website"-"Default Website", find the "Printers" button, right-click and select "Properties". In the pop-up window, click "Directory Security" and select "Anonymous Access" in the "Authentication Method" dialog box. Finally, click "OK" to close the dialog box, and then click OK to close the "Printers Properties" dialog box.

How to share printers on different wireless networks

To help those players who haven't completed the setup yet, I will share some solutions. First, make sure you set up the two wireless routers under the same main router and set their IPs to the same network segment. This ensures that they can communicate and connect properly.

For example: Main router IP:192.168.1.1

Wireless Router 1: Set to 192.168.1.2

Wireless Router 2: Set to 192.168.1.3

1. Printer sharing (same operating system):

First, make sure all client devices are connected to the same network segment. For example, if your router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, then all devices' IP addresses should be in the range 192.168.1.*. This ensures that devices can communicate with each other.

2. All clients are located in the same workgroup, such as WORKGROUP

3. Cancel the default password sharing protection in WIN7

In order to help those players who have not solved the puzzle yet, let us take a look at the specific methods of solving the puzzle. First, we need to open the network settings and find the option of "Network and Sharing Center". Then, click "Change advanced sharing settings" and scroll to the very bottom of the page. There we need to turn off the “Password Protected Sharing” option. Doing this will allow us to solve the puzzle more easily and hopefully this method will be helpful

In order to start solving the puzzle, we need to perform some operations. First, find and click on the "Run" option in the Start menu. Then, enter the IP address of the other party's computer in the pop-up run window. Next, after the connection is successful, select the printer, right-click the mouse, and select the "Connect" option. In this way, we can solve the puzzle.

2. Printer sharing (different operating systems):

1. First connect the printer to another machine and boot the driver installation.

After the driver is installed, connect the printer to the original machine.

The second step is to select Run in the start menu, and then enter the IP address of the other party's computer. Next, select the printer, right-click and select [Connect]. This will start establishing a connection with the other party's computer.

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