Printer sharing problem

Shinas 1 Reputation point
2020-11-28T14:26:41.857+00:00

I have a doubt in the configuration part of USB printer.I've installed a printer in PC1 and I shared this device to PC2, while checking ' Device and Printers' option on PC2 the printer name was displayed along with the name of PC1 instead of displaying IP address (eg:- display as "Epson LX310 on 192.168.1.100"). Sometimes it is automatically displayed in the above manner . I need guidance for manually doing the same.

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Windows Server Printing
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Printing: Printer centralized deployment and management, scan and fax resources management, and document services
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  1. Jenny Yan-MSFT 9,336 Reputation points
    2020-11-30T05:25:04.317+00:00

    Hi,
    It depends on the information you put when adding a printer on PC2:
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    If you type in host name(computername) of PC1, then the printer added will show like Printer on PC1 but if you type in IP address of PC1, then it will change to Printer on IP address.
    Below is screenshot of the same printer added in two different ways:
    43524-image.png
    Thus, you could add the printer again in the way you preferred and delete the existing one.

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    Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.

    Thanks,
    Jenny

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