70-698 Question #101: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Devices and Printers from Control Panel. Two supported tools for sharing a local printer are Devices and Printers in Control Panel and the Set-Printer PowerShell cmdlet.

Question

You have a computer that has a local printer You need to share the printer. Which two tools can you use to achieve the goal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

Options

Anet share from a command prompt
BDevices and Printers from Control Panel
CSet-Print Configuration from Windows PowerShell
DSet-Printer from Windows PowerShell
EPrinters & scanners from the Settings app

Explanation

Two supported tools for sharing a local printer are Devices and Printers in Control Panel and the Set-Printer PowerShell cmdlet.

Common mistakes.

A. The net share command manages file system and folder shares; it does not enable printer sharing on a Windows 10 system.
C. Set-PrintConfiguration sets per-printer rendering parameters such as color mode, duplex, and collation - it has no parameter to enable or disable network sharing for a printer.
E. The Printers and scanners page in the modern Windows 10 Settings app does not expose a sharing option directly; printer sharing requires navigating to the Devices and Printers Control Panel applet.

Concept tested. Sharing a local printer using Windows tools

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/printmanagement/set-printer

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