



(Non-Windows XP: Click the 'Start' button, then click 'Settings' 'Printers'.) On the Windows taskbar, click the 'Start' button, then click 'Control Panel ' 'Printers and Other Hardware' 'Printers and Faxes'.Confirm that you can print to the machine before configuring it as a Shared Printer. Install the printer driver on the print server computer.To use the printer over a network, configure it as a Shared Printer on the print server computer. Status messages are only displayed on the client. If an error occurs when printing a document from a client to a shared printer, an error message is displayed on the client and the server machines.Install the printer drivers that accompany this machine on the print server and client computer following the procedures appropriate to the operating system.Use Canon printer drivers on the print server and client computers. Printers cannot be shared or printed to when Canon printer drivers are used in conjunction with the printer drivers included with Windows (those produced by Microsoft).However, note that with some combinations of operating systems the installation method may differ and limitations may apply. It is not necessary for all the computers on the network to have the same operating system. To share a printer on the network, configure the printer as a Shared Printer on the print server (the computer to which the machine is connected), and install the printer driver on each client (computers other than the print server). If computers are connected via a network, a printer connected to one computer can be shared with other computers on that network. Sharing the printer and using it on a network
