Wireless Printing - Comments Page 6

There is no space where my computer is to put the printer for my laptop & other computers in the house to connect to. Is there a way to connect to the printer wirelessly without it being attached to a computer in the first place? I saw the expensive printer adapters but cant work out with a normal 'cheapish' usb adapter will work without buying it!

EDITOR'S NOTE: You'll need a Wireless Printer Adapter. It picks up the wireless signal, and connects to your printer's USB port.

I have an HP Photosmart printer with a USB connection that I can connect to my USB on my laptop or desktop. I'd like to eliminate the wire. I had Circuity City Firedog installers come out and hook up my system.( my old desktop, to my new laptop and new printer) I was told that I need to buy a second router (a print server router about$90)in order to print wirlessly. I already have a wireless router that they connected to my desktop, that my laptop reads from. Do Ihave too have To routers? Is there some other way to do this without purchasing a printer router. My desktop is Windows XP and my laptop is Windows vista.

EDITOR'S NOTE: You'll need something like a wireless printer adapter to do what you want.

I successful connected 1 destop(xp home) with a laptop (xp pro) to the same a printer in my home. However, I print a document from my laptop, the printer doesn't print any thing (message on my my laptop said " document has failed". Please give me any advice what can I do? I would greatly apprecited any help!

I have file and print sharing checked as an exception in windows firewall- yet I can only print from my laptop if I turn the firewall off completely. Please help

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you have a router, you probably don't need the Windows firewall. See http://askbobrankin.com/do_i_need_a_firewall.html

Hi Bob. I have Lexmark printer connected directly to desktop with XP via USB. I want to be able to print to my laptop which has Vista and my other desktop which has XP. I'm unable to print to either for some reason. When I try and add the printer it doesn't show up on either pc. The printer is shared, and all pcs are on the same workgroup. I don't know if this will help you out, but I have a Linksys router with WEP. What could be stopping the printer from showing up??

EDITOR'S NOTE: I had a similar problem trying to share a Lexmark printer. Wish I knew the answer...

I did the steps on the wired computer, and when I go to add it on my wireless, it doesn't find anything. I made sure I was searching on a network, and it still doesn't find the printer. Both systems are XP, the printer is Canon MP160. Any help???

I have my printer on my wired computer running Windows XP Home on my network. When I go to my wireless laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium to Set Network Printing, I find the shared network printer listed but when I select it and click Next, I get the following message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied." Please help. Thanks.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Is there a firewall on either computer? Check the printer sharing settings.

Can I print documents from my laptop when the desktop which is connected to the printer is switched off? I have a wireless connection and I'm sharing the printer between the laptop and the desktop.

EDITOR'S NOTE: No, the desktop must be powered on. To do what you want, you'll need a printer that can plug directly into the network router.

Thanks Bob. I followed your instruction to the letter. It worked successfully from the first attempt.

I am running Windows XP and I have a wireless router connected to a Dell Workstation. The workstation can see my laptop as connected to the network but when I try to view the Workgroup Computers I get an access denied message to MSHome. Not sure what I need to do on the laptop or workstation to get it to accept my communication with the workstation. My ultimate goal is to share files and the printer.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you are using the same workgroup name on both computers (MSHOME) and cannot get it to work, try creating an administrator account on both computers with the same name and password. Some people have reported that this works, even though it's not supposed to be required.