need help with network printer sharing!

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I have spent 1 + hours on the phone with the useless dell tech support, i got nothing more than a "hold on" from 5 dff tech's of which spoke little english, i have no prob with that except , let me talk to someone i can understand:

Now for my prob, i can't seem to dl the dell software onto the remote pc , which is what i was asked to do in the 3 step how to, in dell solutions. i just bought a dell all-in-one a960, prior to that i had a epson stylus c80 inkjet with no prob shareing..................like i said , i got nothing from dell support but hold on and than a disconnect!

So! what do i need to do to get this printer to share? i've tried the sharing options in both pc and nothing. in my printer & faxes (contro panel) i have the dell icon but in the lappy i have nothing ...... both pc's are on windows xp home edition.......i am connected to the internet via dsl modem and using a linksys 4 port router..........no probs with the router because the lappy is connected thru it. Thanks

Seventy · Answer

Ok to share a printer... on which ever PC the printer is actually attached to, go to:

start/printers & faxes/ and then right click on the printer and choose sharing...... then enable sharing, give it a name that makes sense to you. And then enable it.

Then go to the other computer, and all you have to do is ADD a new printer and choose network.. and find it. This will then install drivers etc onto the computer automatically.

jmwills · Answer

http://www.theeldergeek.com/quick_guide_to_simple_file_sharing.htm   Is an excellent place to get the basics, just to add to what Seventy has already posted.

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need help with network printer sharing!

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