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| 764843 | 2009-04-14 02:25:00 | I have two PCs connected thru a Cable/DSL Router and want to use the one printer for both. Without getting too technical can someone advise the best way for me to tackle the problem please?. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 764844 | 2009-04-14 02:30:00 | You can either connect it to one of the PCs and share it, or if it has a network card, connect it to your router, give it an IP address so you can print to via TCP/IP. Jeff. |
Jeff (1070) | ||
| 764845 | 2009-04-14 02:51:00 | Share the printer on whatever PC (if its XP, go to printers, right mouse / properties / sharing tab, share it). On the other PC go to printers / add a printer. Click next / a network printer / connect to the printer. Type in the name (press windows key + pause / computer name), put in the computer name, and the name of the shared printer on the right). So, it looks like \\computernameofpcsharingprinter\name of printer Also make sure both have the same workgroup name |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 764846 | 2009-04-14 03:12:00 | Adding to Speedys post-make sure printer sharing is enabled if you're using vista, and you may need special network drivers for the printer to work. And they must be on the same workgroup. Keep in mind that this setup means the PC with the printer connected will have to be on for other PCs to print to the printer Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 764847 | 2009-04-14 03:19:00 | Many thanks to all for your help. I think I can follow all that. Cheers. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 764848 | 2009-04-14 03:23:00 | Share the printer on whatever PC (if its XP, go to printers, right mouse / properties / sharing tab, share it) . On the other PC go to printers / add a printer . Click next / a network printer / connect to the printer . Type in the name (press windows key + pause / computer name), put in the computer name, and the name of the shared printer on the right) . So, it looks like \\computernameofpcsharingprinter\name of printer Also make sure both have the same workgroup nameNot sure about the 'computer name' both computers have been technician built? . |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 764849 | 2009-04-14 03:53:00 | Right Click My Computer and select properties, should say computer name there. You can also set the workgroup/domain from there. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 764850 | 2009-04-14 04:00:00 | Right Click My Computer and select properties, should say computer name there. You can also set the workgroup/domain from there. Blam It shows: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz 2.80GHz 1.00GB of RAM |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 764851 | 2009-04-14 04:16:00 | Click the computer name tab. | Blam (54) | ||
| 764852 | 2009-04-14 04:28:00 | Click the computer name tab.Thanks. Found the Computer name which looks like a long password so will take it from there. | Pato (2463) | ||
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