Nowadays, sending papers and documents through any medium is extremely necessary. But beyond that, having a physical role is sometimes made mandatory. For this reason, printers have begun to take value for some time, this in turn has brought new ways of passing information without having to go to where it is. For example, if you work in a large office you can share the computer network, in this case Windows and MacOS to transmit it.
The moment you establish the connection of this device with the rest of the equipment, you can use it several people to export their products and services simultaneously. But in order to achieve this, you need to have a printer installed with at least one of the computers you have in use.
If you don’t know how to do it, in this article we will explain how you can share the network printer of computers with these operating systems. In the same way how to print from the different connected devices. To discover it you just have to follow these simple steps that are indicated below.
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Today, the latest models of this hardware bring the WiFi network, this to give the user a more convenient and practical way to print. Now you can be at your workplace and from there request a print with just one click and without having to move.
To know how to do it from the different versions of Windows , in this part we will provide you with some alternatives that you need to know in order to share information successfully.
Using the Home Group option in Windows
This Windows operating system gives us the option for the creation of a group called “Home Group”. With this you manage to share all the content you want, a clear example of this would be with important documents or with those we use to entertain us. All this can be done only if we use a password to join this set. To learn how to do it, follow this step by step.
- The first thing you should do is go to the “Start” Windows button and locate the “Control Panel” .
- You will then have to choose “Networks and internet” , followed by “Grupo Hogar”.
- After this, a window will appear where you must select the “Join now” option.
- A tab will pop up where you can explain everything you can do with this, there you will have to click on furtherNext †/strong>
- Next, you will have to choose which files you want to be shared with the other users. Also check that the option of “Devices and printers” is with the choice that says equallyCompartido•.
- Next, you will have to enter the “Home group” password . This key will be provided by the owner of the computer where it was created.
- Finally, you will be able to see the verification process and see that you have joined. From this window you can even see which users have access to this printing peripheral.
- If you want to verify the process, you will have the option to enter from another computer and realize that it is shared in the “Home group”. In this way you will have already achieved it.
Unused Home Group in Windows
We already show you how to do it using Grupo Hogar in Windows 10, 8 and 7 , but now we will show you how you can achieve it without using it. In this way you can also transmit everything you want without having to go to where the other person is, but you can use it through your computer.
- The first thing you have to do, will be to share it so that other users have access to it.
- Then, when it is already shared, you will have to go to the “Devices and printers” option where you will have to choose “Add a printer”.
- Once you have done the previous step, a window will appear where you must select and click where it says “The printer I want is not in the list”.
- Subsequently, a window will appear where you can see several options, there you will have to select “Add a printer through a TCP / IP address or host name” and then press “Next”.
- Then you will be asked to enter the IP address of the device and press “Next” . The system will proceed to start the search process.
- Once the process has been completed, you will have the option of defining it as the default.
Connect directly to the network
In this part we will see how you can connect your device directly to the network by following the necessary steps. We know that there are many different brands and therefore, they may vary at the time of configuration. However, we will explain what you should do in a simple way with a function that can be applied for any manufacturer that has this option .
- The first thing you should do is use the installation CD.
- Then you will have to configure it and activate its WiFi, > to thus connect directly to the network.
It’s time to know how you can share the device on a local network, on computers like MAcOs when you have several computers. Particularly these have another way of doing it that you must know in order to execute it.
- The first thing you should do is go to the printer settings on your computer. Mac has a peculiarity and is that detects it and adds it to the list automatically.
- When it is added you will have to go to the “Share” panel to activate the option, from there you will select and click on where it says “Share printer”.
- Followed by the previous steps, when you are in the interested computer you will have to add the new peripheral. You will have to do this by going to the “Print and fax” panel.
- Then at the bottom you will get an option called “Default” within the “Add printer” options. This time it should appear with its respective name.
- If it does not appear to you, you must add so manually enter the IP address of the computer to which it is connected.
Now these are all the steps you have to take to use your printing device with your computer, whether it’s Windows or MacOS. To access the information you want to share and print.