Need Help Setting up Printer on Wireless Network

Question

I recently converted my home broadband connection from wired to wireless.  I installed a wireless adapter (Linksys) in my desktop pc (Windows 2000 OS).  I'm using an Apple Airport Express with my Dell 1700 laser printer connected to the Airport Express's USB connector.  There are two computers in the house that I want to be able to print from.   My problem is I can't get my desktop pc to print wirelessly to the Dell 1700 laser printer.  The pc connects fine to the internet.  My wife's Macbook does print to the 1700 wirelessly.    I've gone through the Windows 2000 printer set-up several times without success.  Does anyone have any suggestions for what I may be doing wrong?

MRF4700 · Answer

You don't show what model of wireless adapter, or PC desktop that you have. This helps narrow down the potential problem solutions.   Have you setup your Airport Express via these steps?   http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPortNetworksforWindows.pdf   http://images.apple.com/airport/pdf/L303115A_Airport_Extreme_TO.pdf   http://images.apple.com/airport/pdf/DesigningAirPortNets-022-1036.pdf

steven troise · Answer

ok go to the desktop and find the printer icon in control panel. highlight the name of the printer. right click it and choose sharing on it. then find the ip address to the desktop. once u have the ip address of the desktop go to the laptop and do the following.

start then run type in

should look like this
\\192.168.1.1

then hit the enter key. your printer icon and folders should show up
double click printer icon and install printer drivers on the laptop

goodluck

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Need Help Setting up Printer on Wireless Network

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