Why Should You Add a Network Printer to Your Home Computer Network?

<h1>Why Should You Add a Network Printer to Your Home Computer Network?</h1>Author: <a title="Mitz" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/mitz/19014.htm">Mitz</a> Why should you add a network printer to your home computer network?
Forget about the invention of the coulor television, home computers are by far the most popular invention of the century. Infact computers can substitute as a tv, dvd player, stero, a friend, and more. This is why most average households now own more than one computer and will eventually need to know how to add a network printer.
<a href="http://www.tips4pc.com/Articles/Windows%20Vista/How_to_add_a_netw ork_printer_in_windows_vista_or_windows_xp.htm">Adding a network printer</a> to your home computer network has so many advantages. The main advantage to a network printer would be that it saves space. We all know how cluttered our houses are getting with each new gadget that comes out. Having a network printer added to your network means that you will only need one printer to service all of your computers in your house or office. There is no need for each computer to have its own printer! How great is that.
Just the mere words "adding a network printer" sounds a bit daunting to the average computer user. But let me tell you that installing a network printer yourself is extrememly easy.
To add a network printer we need:
<li>You will need two or more computers on your home or office network, otherwise there is no point to printer sharing</li> 
 
<li>You will need one printer installed on one of your computers on your home network. It could just be a cheap all in one printer or even a flash printer that is a stand alone network printer.</li> 
 
<li>You need to know the computers name that the printer is installed on. Here is <a href="http://www.tips4pc.com/articles/Networking%20tips/how_to_find_you r_computer_name.htm">How to find your Computer Name</a>. Sometimes Windows will find the network printer for you, however if it doesn't you need to know these settings.</li> 
 
<li>Printer Sharing has to be enabled on the computer that has the network printer physically installed on it. (Go to Control Panel>Printers Settings Icon>right click on the printer icon and choose sharing. Also create a simple name for your printer here.) Here's how to <a href="http://www.tips4pc.com/articles/Networking%20tips/how_to_enable_p rinter_and_file_s.htm">enable printer sharing</a></li> 
 
<li>You need to know the name of you shared printer. It usually is the brand of the printer which could be cannon bj3000, however I like to rename it just printer. </li> 
 
After you have installed a network printer you will never look back. Not only do you only need one printer per household, but you also only have to restock ink and maintain that one network printer. What a bonus!About the Author: Tips4pc offers <a href="http://www.tips4pc.com">free computer tips</a> written in an easy to understand way. Also check out their section on <a href="http://www.tips4pc.com/Articles/Networking%20tips/networking_tips.htm">networking tips</a>.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/networks-articles/why-should-you-add-a-network-printer-to-your-home-computer-network-552425.html" title="Why Should You Add a Network Printer to Your Home Computer Network?">Why Should You Add a Network Printer to Your Home Computer Network?</a>

Why should you add a network printer to your home computer network?

Forget about the invention of the coulor television, home computers are by far the most popular invention of the century. Infact computers can substitute as a tv, dvd player, stero, a friend, and more. This is why most average households now own more than one computer and will eventually need to know how to add a network printer.

Adding a network printer to your home computer network has so many advantages. The main advantage to a network printer would be that it saves space. We all know how cluttered our houses are getting with each new gadget that comes out. Having a network printer added to your network means that you will only need one printer to service all of your computers in your house or office. There is no need for each computer to have its own printer! How great is that.

Just the mere words "adding a network printer" sounds a bit daunting to the average computer user. But let me tell you that installing a network printer yourself is extrememly easy.

To add a network printer we need:

You will need two or more computers on your home or office network, otherwise there is no point to printer sharing

You will need one printer installed on one of your computers on your home network. It could just be a cheap all in one printer or even a flash printer that is a stand alone network printer.

You need to know the computers name that the printer is installed on. Here is How to find your Computer Name. Sometimes Windows will find the network printer for you, however if it doesn't you need to know these settings.

Printer Sharing has to be enabled on the computer that has the network printer physically installed on it. (Go to Control Panel>Printers Settings Icon>right click on the printer icon and choose sharing. Also create a simple name for your printer here.) Here's how to enable printer sharing

You need to know the name of you shared printer. It usually is the brand of the printer which could be cannon bj3000, however I like to rename it just printer.

After you have installed a network printer you will never look back. Not only do you only need one printer per household, but you also only have to restock ink and maintain that one network printer. What a bonus!

Tips4pc offers free computer tips written in an easy to understand way. Also check out their section on networking tips.

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