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How to properly share a printer?
The bottom line is this:
There is an HP 3390 printer - it is connected via usb to a computer with XP 32 bit. Is WinServer 2008 R2, the user with XP connects to it through a remote desktop (RDP). It is necessary to make it possible to print to this printer from a remote location. Computers are brought into a peer-to-peer network - no AD and domains (the collective farm is shorter than full).
What I did: I
set the checkbox to forward the printer in RDP, changed the port to LPT - it did not help.
I shared the printer, then I try to install it from the server, but Windows (Server) requires me to have an INF driver file, the driver from the site did not help. I tried to add a driver for x64 on XP so that it distributes firewood - it also requires INF.
What should I do? Where to dig? Is it possible to simply give the printer an IP address and connect the printer as a network printer (then the drivers are taken from the Windows storage and everything is fine)?
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can be installed as a local printer, but instead of the port, specify the network address
1. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Devices and Printers".
2. Click on the "Install Printer" button.
3. Select the "Add a local printer" item.
4. In the window for selecting a port for the printer, select the "Create a new port" item.
5. Select the port type "Local Port".
6. In the port name input window, enter the network address of the printer, for example: \\andrew\hp1015\ or \\mrserver\printer2\
7. That's it! The system has a new printer.
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