On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:50:00 -0700, geobentcpht
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to setup my printer so that the three computers in my network
>can share it.
>
>This how my network is setup: I have one desktop that is running Windows XP
>Service Pack 2. It is connected to a Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless-B BroadBand
>Router with a wired ethernet connection. The printer, Lexmark x1185 is
>connected to this computer(Windows XP) by USB connection.
>
> I also have a laptop and desktop that are running Windows ME. The laptop
>is connected by wired connection with a Zonet ZEN1200 10/100 Mbps cardbus
>PCMCIA card. The desktop with Windows ME is connected with a wireless
>connection using a WUSB11 adapter. All connect to tthe internet with no
>problems, but i cannot get them to share a printer.
>
>Please Help.
This should not be a problem.
First, do you have the printer set up as "shared"? It must be "shared"
in the same way a folder must be shared in order to be accessible from
others on the network.
You don't mention if the OS is Win XP Home or Win XP Pro, and the
access to the printer is a little different on each, but if it's XP
Pro, Go to My Computer, then Control Panel, then to Printers and
Faxes, then right click on the printer, then click Sharing, and the
button "Share this printer".
Once the printer is set up, "install" it on the other computers by
selecting to install a network printer, and browsing to locate it on
the network.
--
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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