I understand you want to be able to "share" a printer and use if from another PC on a network
wired network? wireless?
Domain (at work)? workgroup? (at home)
What is the name of the network's workgroup/Domain? for starters
You will need to RIGHT-click the printer definition and choose "Sharing" and give it a share name before you will be able to "see" the printer on the network. If you are running Windows XP on all systems then once you can browse from the remote PC and "see" the printer, you can do it through "Add Printer" and the system will take care of installing the software. Then all you have to do is reboot and the printer will be available to you. Of course the PC with printer attached has to be powered on and running and connected to the network whenever you want to print to that printer.
I am having the same problem. When I run the "add printer" wizard and browse, it doesn't locate the printer. I have shared the printer on computer 1, but computer 2 cannot find it. I also could put in the URL, but am not sure where to find that on computer 1. Thank you for your assistance!
In order to "see" the printer you first have to "see" the other computer. If both are on the same network (run the Wizard at both computers) AND you have "File and Printer sharing" installed on both computers, the only other thing I think of is you may have to Add a "Service" (in networking) for NETBEUI (over TCP/IP) -- in the Windows 98 world this was NETBEUI service and "make this the primary"
Once the computer is visible, then you should be able to Browse to that computer and then click the + sign to see the printer that is shared under the printer. I usually change the default printer name to something meaningful like "UpstairsOfficeColor"
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March 22nd, 2006 12:00
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I understand you want to be able to "share" a printer and use if from another PC on a network
wired network? wireless?
Domain (at work)? workgroup? (at home)
What is the name of the network's workgroup/Domain? for starters
You will need to RIGHT-click the printer definition and choose "Sharing" and give it a share name before you will be able to "see" the printer on the network. If you are running Windows XP on all systems then once you can browse from the remote PC and "see" the printer, you can do it through "Add Printer" and the system will take care of installing the software. Then all you have to do is reboot and the printer will be available to you. Of course the PC with printer attached has to be powered on and running and connected to the network whenever you want to print to that printer.
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In order to "see" the printer you first have to "see" the other computer. If both are on the same network (run the Wizard at both computers) AND you have "File and Printer sharing" installed on both computers, the only other thing I think of is you may have to Add a "Service" (in networking) for NETBEUI (over TCP/IP) -- in the Windows 98 world this was NETBEUI service and "make this the primary"
Once the computer is visible, then you should be able to Browse to that computer and then click the + sign to see the printer that is shared under the printer. I usually change the default printer name to something meaningful like "UpstairsOfficeColor"