Wireless printer sharing

[Brian]

Hi -
I have two laptops, XPpro and XPhome. They each share a connection to the
internet using a Netgear Modem Wireless router. If I have my printer
connected to one of them using USB, can I connect the other one to the
printer using the wireless connection or would I need a separate wireless
print server?

Any advice would be much appreciated,
Thanks,
Brian.




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[Jim]

Hi -
I have two laptops, XPpro and XPhome. They each share a connection to the
internet using a Netgear Modem Wireless router. If I have my printer
connected to one of them using USB, can I connect the other one to the
printer using the wireless connection or would I need a separate wireless
print server?

Any advice would be much appreciated,
Thanks,
Brian.



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I suppose you mean "can I share the printer through the network", and answer
is yes.
Jim

 

[Brian]

Thanks Jim - now that I know it can be done, I'll attempt to figure out how!
Cheers,
Brian.

I suppose you mean "can I share the printer through the network", and
answer is yes.
Jim



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[John R Weiss]

Thanks Jim - now that I know it can be done, I'll attempt to figure out
how!

Set up the printer normally on 1 computer. Enable Printer Sharing. Share
the printer in the printer Properties box.

Enable printer sharing on the other computers. Add a Printer in the Control
Panel. Follow the prompts for a Network Computer or a Printer connected to
Another Computer. The rest is automagical.

 

[Jim]

Set up the printer normally on 1 computer. Enable Printer Sharing. Share
the printer in the printer Properties box.

Enable printer sharing on the other computers. Add a Printer in the
Control Panel. Follow the prompts for a Network Computer or a Printer
connected to Another Computer. The rest is automagical.

The real problem with sharing is that you still will need to do such things
as load paper and remove output. That can be a real pain when the printer
is upstairs but the computer is downstairs.

Also a networked printer may not have all of the functionality that one
would like. For example, I lost double sided printing when I shared my
Photo 1280. I finally decided to forgo the networking scheme.

It isn't hard at all to set one up for networking though.

Jim

 

[Brian]

Thanks Jim and John for your advice. I'm giving it a try - hope it works!
Thanks again,
Brian.

The real problem with sharing is that you still will need to do such
things as load paper and remove output. That can be a real pain when the
printer is upstairs but the computer is downstairs.

Also a networked printer may not have all of the functionality that one
would like. For example, I lost double sided printing when I shared my
Photo 1280. I finally decided to forgo the networking scheme.

It isn't hard at all to set one up for networking though.

Jim



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[John R Weiss]

The real problem with sharing is that you still will need to do such
things as load paper and remove output. That can be a real pain when the
printer is upstairs but the computer is downstairs.

OTOH, if you can only afford 1 printer, it is a very good option.

Also a networked printer may not have all of the functionality that one
would like. For example, I lost double sided printing when I shared my
Photo 1280. I finally decided to forgo the networking scheme.

I have not had that problem with shared printers under XP, though it was a
problem under Win2K. USB printers seem to work better in this regard than
Parallel connections, though USB has yet to be as reliable as Parallel
ports...