Network printer

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Originally Posted by saintcloud48

First let me say I love this site.Noo Noo and Orangeman along with others have helped me in past.THANKS... I had lost URL and have not been here for while,glad I found it...

Ok my present problem: I have a wireless system set up lap top and desk connected to it. I can't get the lap top to print.I had it working, probably my accident but then had to use restore disk on desk top now can't get lap top to print.I can get to the files on each computer so I think it may be as simple as wrong name ( printing to wrong port).If someone could give me step by step instructions on how to set network printer up I think this may solve the problem. Thanks in advance for all help offered.

Welcome Back!

OK, if the desktop has the printer connection, go into the printers - start, settings, printers.... does the printer have a hand underneath it?

If not, right click on it and click on sharing, give it a name and ok it. On the laptop it should now show up in network neighbourhood when you double click the desktop icon. You then double click the printer icon and follow the wizard to install the printer on the laptop.

If you have no sharing or the hand does not appear, on the desktop, right click network neighbourhood, select properties - click the button for file and printer sharing and make sure the printer sharing checkbox is ticked. If it isn't it will need a reboot, then go back and do the sharing as described above.

XP/2k/ME is nearly the same - except network neighbour hood is called my network places and printers are on the start menu for XP.