Sounds like you forgot to Share the printer.
http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm
http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Six.htm
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
"tophellcat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i have a small home network of 2 computers and one printer. the computer
> that the printer is on is conected to is through a USB cable. whenever i
> try
> to add that printer on the second computer on the network, it can never
> find
> any printers. is it because the printer is going through the USB cable
> and
> not one of those older cables? or is there a special address i have to
> give
> to it then put that address in the second computer so that it can find it?