Chapter 23
Sharing Files and Printers
In the early days of computing, file and printer sharing was pretty much impossible because of the lack of good networking standards and interoperability. If you wanted to use a printer connected to another computer, you had to save the file to a floppy disk and walk to the other computer. Sometimes people do practically the same thing today, using a USB thumb drive or emailing the file. However, there are better ways.
Both file and printer sharing are important because it is not unusual for someone to own more than one computer. Whether you want to share photographs among various ...
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