Mac OS X 10.5 Help

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Sharing your printer with Mac OS X users

You can let other Mac OS X users print to any printer that’s connected to your computer.

The users must be using Mac OS X 10.2 or later and be on your local network (IP subnet).

To share your printer with Mac OS X users:

Step 1

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Print & Fax.

Open Print and Fax preferences
Step 2

Select the printer to share in the Printers list.

Step 3

Select “Share this printer.”

Documents waiting to print on printers you’re sharing are stored on your hard disk. (That is, your computer hosts the queue for the printer.)

So other users can find out where to pick up their printed documents, click Options & Supplies, click General, and then type a clear description of your printer’s location in the Location field.

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