1. A method of installing a printer in a printers folder on a workstation for peer-to-peer communication over a network between the workstation and the printer, the method comprising the steps of: downloading a printers html page to the workstation, the printers html page providing hyperlinks of printers that can be added to the workstation; selecting a hyperlink for a printer to be added to the workstation; in response to the selecting step, extracting identification information of the selected printer from the selected hyperlink and executing a component object to install the printer, wherein, the component object calls a function that performs the steps of: automatically obtaining printer configuration information and print driver information based at least in part on the extracted identification information; automatically configuring the printer and installing a print driver based on the obtained printer configuration information and print driver information; and creating a locally managed instance of the printer on the workstation.