Printer Sharing - How To

[T & V Seitz]

Am currently running a DLink DI-524 router, hard wired to desktop and
wireless to laptop, with Win XP home on both PC's. Printer is connected to
desktop USB port.

Have set up file sharing and internet connection and works fine from both
machines. Have set up printer to share using Start -> Settings->
Printers&Faxs -> selected printer, right click, selected sharing, then
checked "Share This Printer". However, it does not show up in My Network
Places.

Would appreciate help. I want to be able to print from laptop using the
printer.

I have not run Network Setup Wizard. Do I need to do this, & if so how.

 

[Haus]

Hello
Go to the laptop
Open Printers & Faxes, Click add a printer>Add a Network Printer> select how
it is connected then the path.
//host computer name/printer name

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Hope This Helps
Haus
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Not nothing just a good ole boy..

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Am currently running a DLink DI-524 router, hard wired to desktop and
wireless to laptop, with Win XP home on both PC's. Printer is connected to
desktop USB port.

Have set up file sharing and internet connection and works fine from both
machines. Have set up printer to share using Start -> Settings->
Printers&Faxs -> selected printer, right click, selected sharing, then
checked "Share This Printer". However, it does not show up in My Network
Places.

Would appreciate help. I want to be able to print from laptop using the
printer.

I have not run Network Setup Wizard. Do I need to do this, & if so how.

Shared printers don't appear in My Network Places -- only shared disks
and folders do.

Click "View workgroup computers", then click the computer that has the
shared printer. The printer should show up there.

Run the Network Setup Wizard on the computer with the shared printer
to fully enable sharing. Tell it that the computer connects to the
Internet through a residential gateway (router).
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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hello
Go to the laptop
Open Printers & Faxes, Click add a printer>Add a Network Printer> select how
it is connected then the path.
//host computer name/printer name

One small correction: those should be backward slashes:

\\host computer name\printer name
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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