Printer

eddie57

eddie57

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I have two PC’s and they are on a router for my DSL. My question is how can I get the PC that is not connected to the printer to accept print jobs through the router?

Thanks

Eddie
 
Well I'm assuming the printer is not a network printer. The computer that has the printer connected to it has to have file and print sharing enabled, some automatically are set to that depending upon which Operating System you're using. Also it has to be shared, so you would simple go to the printer settings and select the sharing tab and give it a name, permissions and so on. Once that's done, simply add the printer to your computer or simply browse the network through network neighborhood or my network places (depending on which operating system you're using again) and you should be able to print.

Also username and password should be on both systems. If the permission is set to everyone, I'm pretty sure you won't have to enter a username or password but add username/password in case if it does happen. I hope this helps
 
Clear instructions
1. - Make Sure Sharing is enabled on both computers'
2. - Right-click on the printer and share it
3. - go onto the other computer and go add printer
4. - It is a network printer so follow the prompts

But one thing that we need to know is the OS???
 
eddie57 said:
The primary PC has Windows XP. The secondary PC uses Windows 2000. Thanks for your help.

Eddie
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oh.... well follow the instructions, that is easy in XP.

Windows 2000... i have used it but never done printer sharing / installing... but i think it is about the same.
 
one thing you have to be concerned about is that whenever you want to print you will have to have the computer that is attached to the printer on...
 
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