printer sharing

[Guest]

a HP1012 laser printer is hooked up to PC running 2000, My pc is running XP;;;
Can I share this printer,,, On the 2000 PC,I got as far as Settings/
Printers / Sharing, but there was no Additional Drivers for XP,,, a techie
will charge us $50 to 'hook it up'; but it seems like I am one step off?
hmmm.. if the 2000 won't 'share' with and XP,,, will it work the other way
around,, by putting the printer on my XP
((oh there is a Mac in the office as well, OS9,,, the 2000 has add
additional drivers for mac 3.5 or 4.0??? can the Mac use that printer? we've
been told the mac has to OS10 to drive that printer, but will it print
through the PC it's hooked up to?)

 

[Johnathan]

a HP1012 laser printer is hooked up to PC running 2000, My pc is
running XP;;; Can I share this printer,,, On the 2000 PC,I got as far
as Settings/
Printers / Sharing, but there was no Additional Drivers for XP,,, a
techie will charge us $50 to 'hook it up'; but it seems like I am one
step off? hmmm.. if the 2000 won't 'share' with and XP,,, will it
work the other way around,, by putting the printer on my XP
((oh there is a Mac in the office as well, OS9,,, the 2000 has add
additional drivers for mac 3.5 or 4.0??? can the Mac use that
printer? we've been told the mac has to OS10 to drive that printer,
but will it print through the PC it's hooked up to?)

I just added this to my office system for the same reason
http://www1.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=37&prid=659

J.

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes your XP should be able to share any printer on Win2k, WinME or
Win98SE. The order of share is not important as long as the two PCs can
see each other and FIle & printer sharing is on.

Have you been able to share the files already? Also, are you thinking
of sharing the internet connection between the two PCs?

You can download any drivers from HP website but I suspect the XP would
have most printer drivers unless the printer is new and released after
WinXP was released in Sep 2001 or Sep 2002 (SP2).

Please tell us so that we can suggest how you can use MS's network
wizard which does most of the hard work. We won't even charge you a
dime!

The only thing you may need is a crossover cable or a network hub and
two UTP cables.

HTH