Sharing a Printer - Comments Page 2

In the office my laptop (running windows XP) is set to the office network. I want to use my laptop at home to access a printer on one of the PCs at my home WIRELESS network. My problem is that I need to change the WORKGROUP to that of my home network. Is there anyway I can access this printer or any shared files for that matter on the home network without changing my office workgroup? Thanks so much, Oren

EDITOR'S NOTE: Why not change the workgroup of your home computers to match the work name? It's just an arbitrary name...

Hey Bob,
For network shared printer, does someone has to be logged into the host computer with the printer first before it can be printed to it by another computer over the network or the host computer just needs to be turned on without someone logged into it?

Hi Bob,
My host computer refuses to print from wireless lap top. I've gone through all the printer sharing
and add printer palava but all I get is the file
name appearing in the print queue on the
host computer, but no action from the printer.
Any ideas will be most welcome.

Regards, John

Hi Bob
You have a great guide up there and I have followed the steps. However they are not networked as they have their own internet connection to the Internet through LAN cables.

I have setup as follows:
2 IMacs loaded with bootcamp winxp pro
IOGEAR autoprint switch
HP Laserjet P1006
printer sharing on
It has a software for guests to log on for only 20 mins to do their surfing, print boardig passes. However the problem that i came across is when a guest prints a document on one computer It will print, but on the other computer it will not print as it will show as offline. anytips?

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Hi Bob,
I have looked through pages of instructions for this and I have tried using the wizard (Windows XP) but the printer never shows up when I browse for it. Please help me!

Hi Bob
i have three computer and one printer i shared but one doesnt print while others printing what is the problem

Hi Bob

I have 30 computer in lAN and one printer but i can share my printer for 14 machine only in workgroup. what is the problem?

This "simple" connection never works for me. It always asks me for a "network ID" and a "network password" and I have never set up either. When I go to my home computer there are no instructions how to do this. A friend of mine has st up sharing for me by going through run and typing in the ISP, but now I can;t get that to work either on new Windows 07 machine.

writen noet about printer sharing is good but it not full step must write full step |||

my problem is after sharing tow computer i cant remotle print. what is its problem

write me
anybody can write and post printer sharing process
necessary to install printer driver softwer bothe computers

i have only one 25 pin parallel port in my pc but i want 10 output 25 pin port,how to connect.

Bob:

Pretty good article from the archives. I do have a few questions for you about it, though.

Do you have any instructions for setting up a shared printer in a home network, by using a "printserver" -- a PC only used to network the printer? I rarely have both the desktop and laptop on at the same time, and it takes about 5-10 minutes to get the desktop running.

FRom what I've seen, it should be rather straightforward, but the one thing I'm not sure of is keeping the printserver "awake".

I have been stumped in trying to print to a networked HPC4400 printer connected to a WinXP computer from my Win7Pro computer. I was able to “see” the WinXP printer but not able to print to it from Win7Pro. The message was “Unable to connect to Windows Printer. Access denied”. The firewall settings made no difference. Any suggestions?

can not take prints from shared usb printer unless host prints

Hi Bob, Thanks for the info. I have a Windows 10 pc connected to a brother printer. My printer is a network shared printer, does someone has to be logged into the host computer with the printer. I am having brother error ts-02