Printer

Hi there

I have a small network at home, with 3 PCs. I have also a printer which is
directly connected to one of the PCs, which is of course annoying if I want
to print from one of the other 2 computers.

Can I put the printer on the network? Is it a "print server" I am looking
for? Will any print server work with any printer, or are there compatibility
issues?

Thanks,
Peter




Peter Kirk

In article <42626eaf$0$235$(E-Mail Removed)>, Peter Kirk
says...
> Hi there
>
> I have a small network at home, with 3 PCs. I have also a printer which is
> directly connected to one of the PCs, which is of course annoying if I want
> to print from one of the other 2 computers.
>
> Can I put the printer on the network? Is it a "print server" I am looking
> for? Will any print server work with any printer, or are there compatibility
> issues?
>
Just make sure the print server has the connectivity you need, i.e USB
or parallel as alot of them are parallel only.


--
Conor

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." O.Osbourne.

you have two options

1. buy an external print server like a HP JetDirect
2. share the printer within Windows - this means the PC with the
printer connected must be on all the time.

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:13:50 +0200, "Peter Kirk" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi there
>
>I have a small network at home, with 3 PCs. I have also a printer which is
>directly connected to one of the PCs, which is of course annoying if I want
>to print from one of the other 2 computers.
>
>Can I put the printer on the network? Is it a "print server" I am looking
>for? Will any print server work with any printer, or are there compatibility
>issues?
>
>Thanks,
>Peter
>

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:13:50 +0200, "Peter Kirk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi there
>
>I have a small network at home, with 3 PCs. I have also a printer which is
>directly connected to one of the PCs, which is of course annoying if I want
>to print from one of the other 2 computers.
>
>Can I put the printer on the network? Is it a "print server" I am looking
>for? Will any print server work with any printer, or are there compatibility
>issues?
>
>Thanks,
>Peter
>
All you got to do is "share" the printer.

On the PC with the printer, right click on the printer in the `printer'
folder, select properties, click on `share'.

on the other PC's you need to `add' new printer, it'll ask for the location,
choose `network' and `browse' across the network to find it and choose it and
then the printer drivers etc will be installed on the relevent PC/'s. ( it
might ask for the printer cd-rom).

Clansman