Nov 28, 2013. Microsoft has written a comprehensive Step-by-step guide to setting up print services in a domain: Technet: Print Management Step-by-Step Guide. In short: Install the Print Services Role on the server you intend to use as a print server; Install the Print Management Feature component on any machine you'd. Deploying Printers and Print Servers. Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2. The following sections provide information about how to deploy printers and print servers: Install Print Components Add or Remove Print Servers Migrate Print Servers Add Network Printers Automatically Deploying Printers. Dsc Adt Default Installer Code.

Table of Contents: • • • This article provides information on 'Setting Up for Shared Printing on Windows Operating Systems' 1. Specifying the Shared Settings of the Printer You can share your new printer on the network using the Software and Documentation disc that comes with your printer, or using Microsoft point-and-print or peer-to-peer method.

However, if you use one of the Microsoft methods, some features, such as the status monitor and other printer utilities, installed with the Software and Documentation disc, may not be available. If you want to use the printer on a network, share the printer and install its drivers on all the computers on the network. Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit Edition, or Windows Server 2008 R2: • Click Start→ Devices and Printers. • Right-click the printer icon and select Printer properties. • On the Sharing tab, click Change Sharing Options if exists. Select the Share this printer check box, and then type a name in the Share name text box.

• Click Additional Drivers and select the operating systems of all network clients that print to the printer. • Click Apply, and then click OK. Windows 8, Windows 8 64-bit Edition, or Windows Server 2012: • Under Desktop mode, right-click the bottom left corner of the screen, and then click Control Panel → Hardware and Sound (Hardware for Windows Server 2012) → Devices and Printers. • Right-click the printer icon and select Printer properties.

• On the Sharing tab, click Change Sharing Options if exists. • Select the Share this printer check box, and then type a name in the Share name text box. • Click Additional Drivers and select the operating systems of all network clients using this printer. • Click Apply, and then click OK. To confirm that the printer is properly shared: • Ensure that the printer object in the Printers, Printers and Faxes, or Devices and Printers folder is shared. The shared icon is shown under the printer icon.