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The Add Printer page opens and

you’re presented with a list of

devicesyou can add, including local

and networked printers.Yours should

appear underLocal Printers.You can

alwaystryrefreshing the list(or

restartingyour Pi) if it doesn’t. Select

it,^1 then click theContinue button.^2

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On the next screen,you canrename

the printertosomething easierto

recognise,^1 and enter an optional

description^2 and location.^3 Tick the

ShareThis Printer box(so you can

accessit over your network),^4 then

click theContinue button.^5

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Select the make ofyour printer^1

and choose thecorrect model,^2

then clickAdd Printer.^3 On the final

screen, click Set Default Optionsto

make anyrequired changes, then print

a testpage from the Maintenance

menu.Connectyour PCtothe shared

printer throughStart, Settings,

Devices, ‘Printers & scanners’.

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properties’. In the box that opens, click
the Sharing tab. Next, click the Change
Sharing Options button, then tick ‘Share
this printer’ and give the devicea
recognisable name(or accept the default
choice). This window also givesyou the
optiontorender print jobs on theremote
device ifyou wish.
Finally, ifyou planto connecttoyour
printer using a PC running a different
version ofWindows, you may needto

install some drivers. Click theAdditional

Drivers buttontodo this.Restartyour PC

(or log off and back on again) andyou

should bereadytoprint.

Toaccessyour printer from another

computer on the same network, type

printerin the search box and click

‘Printers & scanners’. In the Settings

window,click‘Add a printer or scanner’.

Windows10 automatically searchesfor

compatible devices, but with older

versions ofWindowsthere are some

additionalstepstofollow.Selectyour

printer in this list, click Next and

complete thestepstoset it up.

Touseyour printer from an Android

device or iPhone,you can use an app

such as Mobile Print - PrinterShare (bit.ly/

pshare484). The app itself is free, butyou

needtobuy a PremiumKey via an in-app

purchasetounlock all itsfeatures.This

costs £4.99 (iOS) or £3.45 (Android) and

letsyou print photos,contact or calendar

information,web pages, messages, Gmail

messages, documents, Google Drive

content and more.

Print from an iPhone or iPad

There arevariouswaystoprint from an

Apple mobile device but ourfavourite

app is Printer ProbyReaddle (bit.ly/

printpro484). Itcosts £6.99, which might

seem a littlesteep, butyou can use itto

print anything fromyour iPhone or iPad,

including documents, photos, emails,web

pages, clipboardcontents and Dropbox

items. It alsocomes with an incredibly

useful Print Options screen that letsyou

change the orientation, paper size,

scaling, number ofcopies andeven

specify the number of pages per sheet.

If your printer isconnectedtoa PC or

Mac,you needtoinstall the free Printer

Profor Desktop program (bit.ly/

ppdesk484) beforeyou can accessit

through the mobile app. Onceconnected,

you’ll be invitedtoprint atestpageto

make sure thateverything isworking

correctly.

Printer Proby Readdlecosts £6.99 but it’s
a powerful printing appfor iOS

Printer Pro searchesfor anyavailable

printers acrossyour local network

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