How to add a shared printer to Windows 8?

  
1. Press and hold the “Windows” and “"X” keys on the keyboard to open the system menu and select “Control Panel”. See the following figure

2. Open “Control Panel”, Select “View devices and printers", see the following figure

3, select “Advanced printer settings”, see below

4, search for connected printers, click “The printer I need is not in the list" "Next", see the picture below

5, select “Add a local printer or network printer by manual setting", click “ ” button, see the picture below

6, select "Use existing port", select the default is LPT1 port, click the "Next" button, see the following figure

7. Select the printer "Manufacturer" and "Printer Model", click on the "Next" button, see the figure below

8, select “Replace the current driver", click &ldquo ;Next & rdquo; button, see the picture below

9. Enter "Printer Name", click “Next”, see below

10. Select whether to share the printer, click “Next”, see below

11. Click the “Print Test Page” button to print the test to install the print driver. Click the “Complete” button. See the picture below


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