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| Thread ID: 104525 | 2009-10-30 08:06:00 | Toshiba Sattelite with W7 Home Premium | Poppa John (284) | Press F1 |
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| 825634 | 2009-10-31 21:49:00 | If you want wireless the pc with the printer needs to have wireless on it as well. And it would have to be on, (for you to print), unless you buy a print server Damn...Ok Thanks. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 825635 | 2009-10-31 23:36:00 | If you want wireless the pc with the printer needs to have wireless on it as well. And it would have to be on, (for you to print), unless you buy a print server Not quite. If they're both connected to the same network they can still share printers... |
Blam (54) | ||
| 825636 | 2009-10-31 23:38:00 | Well as PJ said, he wants wireless not wired. Which is why I said the pc with the printer needs wireless | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 825637 | 2009-10-31 23:46:00 | Not quite. If they're both connected to the same network they can still share printers... But the said printer would have to be connected to one or another PC via a USB or Ethernet cable would it not? Or a print server maybe. If you actually read before you post it would help. Did not PJ say he wants a wireless connection? Or am I missing something? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 825638 | 2009-10-31 23:52:00 | But the said printer would have to be connected to one or another PC via a USB or Ethernet cable would it not? Or a print server maybe. If you actually read before you post it would help. Did not PJ say he wants a wireless connection? Or am I missing something? What I understand from this is: PJ has two computers, and both are connected to the network. If a printer is plugged in one, then the other should be able to access it? Or have I misunderstood PJs post.. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 825639 | 2009-11-01 02:23:00 | Let me try again. We have two desktop comps on a network. Each comp has a printer. We have already tried to network both printers so that either comp can use eithr printer. We had no luck with this, even with PG1 help. So Now. We have an adsl modem. From one outlet of this into the "Input" of the wireless router. Two hard connections out of the router, one to each computer. The Toshiba laptop wireless. This is connected ok as Maryann can access the Internet. Using the toshiba wireless how does she print. Other than hard connecting her printer to the laptop. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 825640 | 2009-11-01 02:46:00 | Ok-I understood correctly then. What you need to do is right click the printer on the PC(s) with the printer(s) connected then share it. Note down the printer shared name Then, on the W7 laptop go to Devices and Printers in the Control Panel then select "add a printer". Select "Network/Wireless/Bluetooth printer. It'll search for it, and most likely not find it. If it finds it, then select it. If it doesn't click "The Printer I want wasn't listed" Then select "Select a shared printer by name" and then type in \\maryannscomputername\sharedprintername Click Next, and you should be done:) BTW Make sure file and printer sharing are enabled on all PCs and network discovery in W7. Its in Network and sharing center Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 825641 | 2009-11-01 03:47:00 | Make sure the Win 7 laptop can see the other computers as well since it uses homegroupo by default and not a workgroup | gary67 (56) | ||
| 825642 | 2009-11-01 05:52:00 | Make sure the Win 7 laptop can see the other computers as well since it uses homegroupo by default and not a workgroup That shouldn't affect whether it can see other computers or not, but it does complicate it slightly.. That reminds me-if you don't see the XP Computers when you select "Network" in Windows Explorer then you will probably need to install this patch on both machines. www.microsoft.com If you have SP3 installed then you don't need it. Blam |
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