如果您的Windows 10(Windows 10) PC 中插入了打印机，则可以与连接到同一本地网络的其他计算机和设备共享它。如果您不想每次使用打印机从另一台计算机打印某些东西时都移动打印机，这是一个有用的功能。在网络上共享您的打印机意味着您可以从任何设备访问它，只要共享打印机所插入的主计算机已打开并运行Windows 10即可。事不宜迟，以下是如何从Windows 10在网络上共享打印机：
如何在网络上共享打印机，在Windows 10中(Windows 10)
为了与网络共享连接到您的 Windows 10 PC 的打印机，您必须首先打开设置应用程序(Settings app)。一种快速的方法是从“开始”菜单(Start Menu)中单击或点击其按钮。
在“设置”(Settings)应用中，打开“设备(Devices)”类别。
在“设备(Devices)”类别的左侧栏中，选择“打印机和扫描仪”(Printer & scanners)选项卡。
在窗口的右侧，选择要在网络上共享的打印机。
当您选择您的打印机时，会显示几个按钮：单击或点击(click or tap)管理(Manage)。
此操作会打开一个名为“管理您的设备”("Manage your device")的页面。查找名为“打印机属性”("Printer properties")的链接，然后单击或点击它。
Windows 10 会打开打印机的“属性(Properties)”窗口。这是您可以在网络上共享打印机的地方。
无论(Regardless)您的打印机是什么品牌和型号(make and model)，您都应该看到类似下面的屏幕截图：
注意：(NOTE:)还有另一种打开打印机属性(Properties)窗口以与网络共享打印机的方法：打开控制面板(Control Panel)，转到“硬件和声音”("Hardware and Sound")下的“查看设备和打印机”("View devices and printers")，右键单击（或按住(press and hold)）您的打印机，然后从上下文菜单中选择打印机属性。(Printer properties)
在打印机的属性(Properties)窗口中，选择共享(Sharing)选项卡。
在“共享(Sharing)”选项卡上，选择“共享这台打印机”("Share this printer")选项，并根据需要为您的打印机键入一个友好名称，以便在您从网络中的其他Windows 10计算机或设备连接到它时轻松识别它。
在共享名称(Share name)字段下，默认启用“在客户端计算机上渲染打印作业”设置。("Render print jobs on client computers")我们建议将其保持打开状态，因为在客户端设备上呈现打印作业意味着这些打印作业由启动它们的设备处理，而不是由插入打印机的计算机处理。换句话说，客户端设备负责打印处理(printing processing)，因此当辅助 PC 尝试在共享打印机上打印某些内容时，您的 Windows 10 计算机不必做额外的工作。
而已！现在，您的打印机已与本地网络中的所有计算机和设备共享。
但是，在保存设置并关闭所有窗口之前，您可能还需要查看本指南的下一部分，以了解如何为共享打印机安装其他驱动程序：
如何在Windows 10中为与网络共享的打印机安装附加驱动程序(Windows 10)
如果您的网络中有使用其他版本的Windows的计算机或设备，您可能还希望为它们提供共享打印机的附加驱动程序。(Additional Drivers)正如Microsoft指定的那样，如果您“[...] 安装其他驱动程序，[...] 用户在连接到共享打印机时不必查找打印驱动程序。” ("[...] install additional drivers, [...] users do not have to find the print driver when they connect to the shared printer.")如果您想减轻他们的生活，请按“附加驱动程序(Additional Drivers)”按钮。
这将打开附加驱动程序(Additional Drivers)窗口。在其中，选择要为连接到共享打印机的网络计算机和设备提供的其他驱动程序。根据您的打印机，您应该可以选择为各种类型的处理器和操作系统架构启用附加驱动程序。选择要为共享打印机安装的其他驱动程序，然后单击或点击确定(OK)。但是，请注意，在下一步中，您需要告诉Windows 10从何处获取其他驱动程序，因此您应该在此之前从打印机的支持网站(support website)下载它们。
Windows 10 会询问您从何处获取您在上一步中选择的打印机驱动程序。浏览(Browse)或键入包含共享打印机的其他驱动程序的文件夹的路径。
按下“安装打印驱动程序”中的“("Install print drivers,")确定(OK)”按钮，Windows 10 几乎会立即获得额外的驱动程序并关闭具有相同名称的窗口。最后，单击或点击(click or tap)应用(Apply)，然后单击确定(OK)以保存您的设置并开始在网络上共享您的打印机。
就是这样！
接下来是您必须在需要使用它的计算机和设备上安装共享打印机的部分。如果您需要这方面的帮助，这些指南应该可以帮助您：
- 如何在您的家庭网络中安装(home network)无线打印机(wireless printer)，只需6 个步骤
- 如何在 Windows 计算机上安装本地打印机
- 极客(Geek)管理打印机(Printers)的方式(Way)-打印管理控制台(Print Management Console)
您是否发现在(Did)Windows 10中与网络共享本地打印机很容易？
从Windows 10在网络上共享您的打印机相当容易。您(Did)是否设法快速(process fast)且没有问题地完成整个过程？此外，如果您对如何与网络共享打印机有任何疑问，请随时在下面的评论部分中提问。
How to share your printer with the network, in Windows 10
If you have a printer plugged intо your Windows 10 РC, yoυ can share it with the other computеrѕ and devices connected to the same local network. It is a useful feature if you don't want to physically move the printer еach time you use it to print something frоm another computer. Sharing your printеr on the netwоrk means that yoυ can access it from any of your devices, as long as the main computer, which the shared printer is plυgged into, is on and running Windows 10. Withoυt further ado, here's how to share a printer on a netwоrk, from Windows 10:
How to share a printer on the network, in Windows 10
In order to share the printer connected to your Windows 10 PC with the network, you must first open the Settings app. A quick way to do it is to click or tap on its button from the Start Menu.
In the Settings app, open the Devices category.
On the left sidebar of the Devices category, select the Printer & scanners tab.
On the right side of the window, select the printer that you want to share on the network.
When you select your printer, a few buttons are displayed: click or tap on Manage.
This action opens a page called "Manage your device". Look for a link called "Printer properties" and click or tap on it.
Windows 10 opens the Properties window of your printer. This is where you can share your printer on the network.
Regardless of your printer's make and model, you should see something like the screenshot below:
NOTE: There's also an alternative way of opening your printer's Properties window to share your printer with the network: open Control Panel, go to "View devices and printers" under "Hardware and Sound", right-click (or press and hold) on your printer, and then select Printer properties from the contextual menu.
In your printer's Properties window, select the Sharing tab.
On the Sharing tab, select the "Share this printer" option and, if you want, type a friendly name for your printer to easily identify it when you connect to it from other Windows 10 computers or devices in your network.
Underneath the Share name field, the "Render print jobs on client computers" setting is enabled by default. We recommend leaving it on, as rendering the print jobs on client devices means that those print jobs are processed by the devices that start them, not by the computer which the printer is plugged into. In other words, the client devices are in charge of the printing processing, so your Windows 10 computer does not have to do additional work whenever a secondary PC tries to print something on the shared printer.
That's it! Now your printer is shared with all the computers and devices in your local network.
However, before saving your settings and closing all the windows, you might also want to check the next section of this guide, to see how to install additional drivers for your shared printer:
How to install additional drivers for a printer shared with the network, in Windows 10
If you have computers or devices in your network that are using other versions of Windows, you might want to also provide them with Additional Drivers for your shared printer. As Microsoft specifies, if you "[...] install additional drivers, [...] users do not have to find the print driver when they connect to the shared printer." If you want to ease their lives, push the Additional Drivers button.
This opens the Additional Drivers window. In it, select the additional drivers that you want to provide for the network computers and devices that connect to your shared printer. Depending on your printer, you should have options to enable additional drivers for various types of processors and operating system architectures. Select the additional drivers that you want to install for your shared printer, and then click or tap on OK. However, note that, on the next step, you need to tell Windows 10 where to get the additional drivers, so you should download them from your printer's support website before that.
Windows 10 asks you where to get the printer drivers that you selected on the previous step. Browse or type the path to the folder that contains the additional drivers for your shared printer.
Push the OK button from the "Install print drivers," and, almost instantly, Windows 10 should get the additional drivers and close the window bearing the same name. Finally, click or tap on Apply and then on OK to save your settings and start sharing your printer on the network.
That was it!
Next comes the part where you have to install the shared printer on the computers and devices on which you need to use it. If you need help with that, these guides should help you out:
Did you find it easy to share your local printer with the network, in Windows 10?
It is rather easy to share your printer on the network, from Windows 10. Did you manage to go through the whole process fast and without issues? Also, if you have any questions on how to share your printer with the network, don't hesitate to ask in the comments section below.
