Setting up a network printer - a guide

To share a printer with others, you must set it up as a network printer.

Set up network printer under Windows 7 or Win8

1. Windows 8: Open the Control Panel by typing "sys" on the start screen - then the Win8 search opens with the search result for the Control Panel. There, select the item "Show devices and printers".
2. Windows 7: Press the start button at the bottom left of the screen and select "Devices and Printers" on the right.
3. Now click on "Add printer" at the top of the window (see picture). Select the lower point "Add a network printer". Then all available network printers are searched.
4. If the printer was found, click on it and confirm your selection by clicking on "Next".
5. Now you can give the printer a name. Then click Next".
6. Finally, you can choose whether you want to choose the printer as the default printer. To do this, check the box in front of the box. Finally click on "Finish".

The network printer can now be used by any user on any PC. The only requirement is that the devices are registered in the same network.