14.5. Faxing

14.4. Printer Sharing

Printer sharing is for people (or offices) with more than one Mac, connected to a network (Chapter 13), who'd rather not buy a separate printer for each machine. Instead, you connect the printer to one Mac, flip a couple of software switches, and then boom: The other Macs on the network can send their printouts to the printer without actually being attached to it ”even wirelessly , if they're on an AirPort network.

Figure 14-5. To use a printer that's been shared elsewhere on the network, open the document you want to print and then choose File Print. In the list of printers, you'll see a new item called Shared, which lists the printers that have been shared on the network. (Point to one without clicking to view the details rectangle shown here.)

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Note: Of course, this feature is most useful when you're sharing printers that can hook up to only one Mac at a time, like USB inkjet photo printers. Office laser printers are often designed to be networked from Day One.

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Setting up printer sharing is easy. On the Mac with the printer, open the Sharing panel of System Preferences. Turn on Printer Sharing.

Then, to make a printout from across the network, see the instructions in Figure 14-5.