How to Share Mac Printers

Connect a printer’s USB cable to the USB port of one of the Macs on the local network. Turn on the printer. Go to “File” and select “System Preferences” from the drop-down menu on the Mac on which the printer is connected.
Click on the “Print & Fax” icon beneath “Hardware” in the window that appears. Select the printer that has just been connected from the “Printers” list in the left column of the window that appears.
Click the “Share this printer on the network” checkbox to the right of “Printers.” Click “Show All” at the top of the window to return to the “System Preferences” window. Click on the “Sharing” icon beneath “Internet & WIreless” in the window that appears.
Check the “Printer Sharing” checkbox in the left column of the window that appears. Check the name of the printer in the “Printers” column to the right of “Printer Sharing.
Select “Can Print” from the ‘Everyone” drop-down menu to the right of “Printers.” Close the window by clicking the red button at the upper left corner.



Go to “File” and select “System Preferences” from the drop-down menu on a Mac that is to share the printer.
Click on the “Print & Fax” icon beneath “Hardware” in the window that appears.
Select the printer that has been connected from the “Printers” list in the left column of the window that appears.
Click the “Share this printer on the network” checkbox to the right of “Printers.”
Click the red button at the upper left corner to close the window.