IDL 3 Sharing a USB Printer between ICSs without a Server

All ICS must be networked together, either wired or wirelessly, to share a printer. For information on how to network the ICS, see Chapter 3 Networking.

=Configuring IDL with USB Printer Plugged into It= See Chapter 4 Printing, USB Printer and IDL Only



=Configuring the Other IDL Client Machines=


 * 1) Click Start >  Administration > Configure Printers
 * 2) Type in the administrator password and click OK.
 * 3) Click Edit > New Printer.
 * 4) The computer will search for new printers. It should automatically find the printer already installed on the other Inveneo Desktop Linux machine, which will be identified by its IP address.  Choose the option that lists the host name as the IP of the IDL machine with the USB printer.[[image:IDL3-print9.gif|none|left]]
 * 5) Click Forward.
 * 6) For most HP printers, the drivers are pre-installed. IDL will automatically associate the correct drivers with the printer.  If the original IDL machine automatically recognized the printer, then the other IDL machines will have the drivers pre-installed.  If the printer drivers were manually installed on the first machine, they will likely need to be manually installed on the client machine.  See Chapter 11 Installing and Uninstalling Applications for more information.
 * 7) Name the computer, which will be seen by users when they print a document.
 * 8) Click Apply.
 * 9) Click Make Default to make the newly configured printer the default printer.[[image:IDL3-print10.gif|none|left]]
 * 10) To save the printer configuration settings, click Start > Administration > Save Configuration.
 * 11) Type in the administrator password and click OK.
 * 12) Once the computer reboots, print a test page to verify the printer was properly configured and saved.

Return to Chapter 4: Printing Return to Table of Contents