How to share and use printers in Server-Client Network?



I am having a server, we're using Windows Server 2007 on it. I have multiple clients using various OS like Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. I have few printers installed for few clients of this network. Some of these Clients are working fine and I can use the printer. But I have a Printer on Windows 7 Client, and it has been shared on a network which I am not able to connect with the other client. When it comes to adding network device and printers, it is asking for user name and password. Please explain how I can establish the connection.
Windows 7 can be configured as both host and client for the printer sharing. I assume that you want to use your Windows 7 for the client printing connection.   
  
Here are some of the steps to make the connection from Windows 7 as a printer.   
  
1. Click on start button and go to control panel.   
2. Go to network and sharing center.   
3. Go to Change Advanced Sharing Settings.   
4. Find out the home or the private network under which this computer has access to other computers.   
5. Click on the network with which you want to share printer as a host or client.   
6. Find the option for printer sharing in settings.   
7. Turn on the option "File and Printer Sharing".   
8. Save the changes.   
9. Reboot the system.   
  
This takes few seconds usually but some of the time reboot is required if the network is not properly detected. So you have to go through the above steps unless proper network is established.   
  
If it is asking for username and password for the public network, then you have to provide if it was set during the home or private network sharing options. If it is not set, then you have to reset the network sharing options at host and then reconnect your client machine for printer sharing.
Windows 7 is the operating system for your computer and it must have one to function. You have to install another operating like Windows XP or Vista and then you will be able to use the net. If you have not done this before, you should propably find someone who has to help you. Yes, there are KVM switches that support multiple monitors. do a search for multi-display KVM.


with regard to send print jobs to the printer, the best approach is probably going to be to buy a wireless printer and hook it up on your local network. We currently have all our machines still on Windows XP and have only just upgraded some with Office 2007.


Budget dollars just have been too cost prohibitive to upgrade all 1,000 of our workstations. At some point due to licensing and availability we will be forced to upgrade. 


The one thing I’ve noticed difficulty with right off the bat has been the ability to connect via RDP to a Windows Server 2008 box. Without some registry hacks/mods in XP this can be problematic if the server is set to the newest (and more secure) RDP protocol. Windows 7 doesn’t have this issue. just a heads up. i believe we found the solution. as far as we could tell, these issues began to happen after we moved everything to windows 7. however, one of the helpdesk people said they thought they remembered it happening once before that while the computers were still all xp. 
i looked into the av, which was moved to a different server and upgraded shortly before our windows 7 project began. evidently, trend's migration tool that was used did not migrate over port exceptions in the firewall. after adding a few recommended exceptions to the firewall, everything started to work. 
it seems that the client firewall was blocking return snmp traffic from the printer which was keeping the computer from realizing that printing had completed. this was keeping the connection open to the printer preventing anything else from printing on that computer or any others connected to it. 
the ports added as exceptions were: udp 161(probably the only one needed), tcp 9100, 9220, 9500. Download and install the 64-bit driver for the printer. If this is an old printer, check with the manufacturer to see if they have a 64-bit driver. Dear Jay Nelish


Your Question is incomplete


is the specific system is not on Network? its might be a problem discovered last year, that system ping but not share any data, or cannot access the system


you click on start menu and then click on run  

type serivces.msc  

and run the computer browser service, Remote Procedure call service, Server, and Client service


and your problem will resolved  

but actually this is because of virus change your antivirus program and scan your system wtih updated A/V just an update!

i have manage to get it to work.

here are the steps:

on your seagate freeagent theater just go to the network

create a shortcut, by clicking on the “my shortcut” and clicking “add”

put in the user/pass of your sharespace (either the admin username or other user name and pa… that is where i'd start as well. osi...
so:
1. physical link (maybe check the patch panel and the cabling that's involved in connecting to the computer, maybe swap cables and try a usb to ethernet adapter to rules the nic out.
2. data link - check the switches and switchports on the way. maybe try to use different portts
3. network - most likely not an issue if all the other computers are working fine...
etc.
but this is pretty much it: sign in? as long as you are connected to the same network there is no need to sign in. you can download the sonos app, launch it, then choose "connect to an existing system". there are certain menus in the settings area that will require the username/password of the sonos account used to setup, but you can use all the other features right away. When it’s plugged into the server it should show up in MyComputer with the next available drive letter assigned to it.


If you don’t see if there open up Computer Management and under disk management see if it’s there but without a drive letter assigned to it.