Share a Printer

If you have a printer connected to your Mac, you can share the printer with the network. This enables other network users to send their documents to your printer. Sharing a printer saves you money because you only have to purchase one printer for all the computers on your network. Sharing a printer also saves you time because you only have to install, configure, and maintain a single printer for everyone on your network.

See the next section, “Add a Shared Printer,” to learn how to configure your Mac to use a shared network printer.

Share a Printer

Click .

Click System Preferences.

Note: You can also click System Preferences () in the Dock.

The System Preferences window appears.

Click Sharing.

Click Printer Sharing.

Note: Be sure to click the Printer Sharing text, not the check box. This ensures that you do not accidentally uncheck the check box.

Click the check box beside the printer you want to share ( changes to ).