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Beth’s computer and Carol’s computer have no printers. There is, however, a

second printer connected directly to their router via Ethernet. Beth has

configured her system to connect directly to the network printer using an IP

address. As such, she can actually share that printer with the rest of her

network, even though it’s not attached to her computer—Windows doesn’t

care where it is. The process for sharing a local printer and a network printer

is identical because Windows considers both printers to be installed on your

computer and under your control. So now Andy and Beth both share printers.

When Carol goes looking for shared printers to use, the network printer

attached to the router will look like Beth’s printer, as if it were directly

connected to Beth’s machine.

Figure 26-34 shows the Printers & scanners screen on a system with

multiple printers installed. Note the text Default below the printer’s name;

this shows that the device is the default printer. If you have multiple printers,

you can change the default printer by right-clicking the printer’s icon and

selecting Set as default printer.

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