I've got a printer that's connected to (and shared by) another computer on my
home network that's capable of duplex printing. I want to install two
instances of this printer on my computer (one duplex, one non-duplex), but
when the printer wizard finds the network printer I can't change the printer
name (and thus can't have two installations).

Any ideas out there?

You can create a local printer(s) that uses a Local Port in the format
\\remotemachine\printshare

Both printers can use the same port. Name the printer to indicate it's
default and setup the printer settings for that purpose

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Cindy Merkin" <CindyMerkin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E5D649B-5810-468E-8096-F5DFF5950F6B@microsoft.com...
> I've got a printer that's connected to (and shared by) another computer on
> my
> home network that's capable of duplex printing. I want to install two
> instances of this printer on my computer (one duplex, one non-duplex), but
> when the printer wizard finds the network printer I can't change the
> printer
> name (and thus can't have two installations).
>
> Any ideas out there?

Thanks, Alan. That worked like a champ. I had to do a "Windows Update" to
get my printer (Samsung CLP-500 Series) to show up in the list, but once I
crossed that hurdle all was good!