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GazzaED
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Hey guys, n00b question here but anyway. We have a wireless network system in our house, with one HP multifunction printer, which is only connected to one computer. How do we go about connecting the printer to the rest of the network so that anyone in the house can print off the one printer?
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On the computer that's got the printer, share the printer. On the rest of the computers on your network, add a printer but look for a network one rather then a local printer. Should then be off  |
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Tomek
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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a couple questions... does the printer have an Ethernet port???
If so, get a cable and plug it into the router (if you have a spare port) same goes if you have a USB port etc etc
If not use the setup tool in the control panel and then go to printers then click on add a printer (left hand side on XP edition)
and it will take it from there
BTW, if you do the first way you would have to install the driver on all the computers you want to use that computer... |
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x3ros
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the easiest and cheapest option is, with the computer that has the printer, make it so that it can be shared, then on the other machines go through the printer setup wizard, setup network printer etc etc etc
the most practical option however, would be connecting it to a wireless print server, then configuring that to function within your LAN |
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| if it cant be connected to your router because its USb there are these adaptors u can buy that go from ethernet to usb. They work a treat. As for my i run i web site so i just shard the printer off the server cause its always on. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Yeh, the best way is to "share" the printer on the machine that its connected to locally, as previously mentioned.
You can then setup that printer on other machines via the network, using the network printer option in the add new printer wizard.
just select network printer, and browse the network, select the machine that its shared on, and voila, there it should be.
This of course requires the local machine to be turned on for remote users to be able to print, but this usually isnt an issue.
And the best bet is .. it doesnt cost you anthing ! |
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