Click OK and OK again. 6. Click Yes when prompted to restart your computer. Click Go ➪ Connect to Server. The Connect to Server dialog box appears, as shown in Click on the server or the workgroup you want to connect to. The list of available com-

Part III ✦ Working with Networked Computers

4. Click the network printer option and click Next. The Specify a Printer dialog box

appears, as shown in Figure 15-12. Figure 15-12: Specify the printer.

5. You can browse for the printer, enter the name and path of a printer, or enter a URL if

you’re printing over a virtual private network VPN or the Internet. Click Next.

6. If you clicked Browse, the Browse for Printer dialog box appears, as shown in Figure

15-13. Select the printer and click Next. If you clicked one of the other options, the com- puter looks for the printer driver. Figure 15-13: Browse for a printer.

7. If the driver is not already installed, Windows prompts you to install the proper driver.

You can choose from drivers within Windows see Figure 15-14, or you can click the Have Disk button to install the driver from a specific location, such as a folder you cre- ated when you downloaded the driver from the Net. Chapter 15 ✦ Printing on a Network Figure 15-14: Install the driver. 8. Choose whether to make the printer your default printer. Click Next. 9. Click Finish to add the printer. For information about installing printer services and printing to a Windows network from a Macintosh, see the section “Printing between Operating Systems” later in this chapter. Installing and removing printers in most newer Linux distributions is easier than in older dis- tros. You can access many software print spoolers and managers, print servers, and line printer daemon LPD line printer daemons on the Internet. Research your distro for more information. Removing the printer If you remove the printer driver belonging to a local printer from your computer, you can no longer print on that printer. Removing a networked printer’s driver doesn’t affect the printer or its driver on any other computer but your own. You will no longer be able to print on the networked printer, but anyone else on the network with the installed driver can. To remove a printer driver, open the Printers folder window. Select the printer’s icon and right-click it. From the quick menu, choose Delete. Confirm the deletion. Windows may ask if you want to remove the associated files for that driver. You should answer Yes so that the files don’t clutter up your drive. Setting Options for the Printer You can configure any network printer any way you want, and those settings apply only to that printer on your computer. Changes you make to the networked printer’s properties don’t affect the printer’s properties on any other computer, even the one to which it is locally attached. You can set a printer as your default printer, rename the printer, use it offline, or configure the printer’s properties. You also can set the port the printer uses. Note Cross- Reference