Networking; About Sharing The Multifunction Printer On A Network; Setting Up The Locally Shared Printer; Locally-Shared Printer - Dell 3115cn Color Laser Printer User Manual

Networking

About Sharing the Multifunction Printer on a Network

Setting Up the Locally Shared Printer

Point and Print
Peer-to-Peer
Setting Up a Network-connected Printer
Printing a Network Configuration Page
Setting Network Protocols
Static Addressing
Dynamic Addressing (BOOTP/DHCP)
Restoring the Network Configuration
Resetting the Network Interface Card
About Sharing the Multifunction Printer on a Network

Locally-shared Printer

You can connect the multifunction printer directly to a selected computer, which is called the "host
computer" on the network. The multifunction printer can then be shared by other users on the network
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through a Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows NT 4.0 network printer connection.
Wired Network-connected Printer
Your multifunction printer has a built-in network interface. For details, see "Connecting the Multifunction
Printer to the Network".

Printing Across a Network

Whether the multifunction printer is locally connected or network-connected, you need to install the Dell™
Multifunction Color Laser Printer 3115cn software on each computer that prints documents using the
multifunction printer.
Setting Up the Locally Shared Printer
You can share your new printer on the network using the Drivers and Utilities CD that shipped with your
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, Windows Server