Wireless router & Printing

25 Sep 2006 5:20 PM

Jim Cummings

I have just set up a wireless router so that my wife can use her laptop on
the net. Is it possible to set this up so that she will be able to use the
printer connected to my computer, XP Professional.

25 Sep 2006 6:21 PM

Doug Sherman [MVP]

Yes, you can share folders, drives, and printers on a Windows network:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814005/en-us

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

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"Jim Cummings" <jscummi***@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have just set up a wireless router so that my wife can use her laptop on
> the net. Is it possible to set this up so that she will be able to use the
> printer connected to my computer, XP Professional.
>
>

25 Sep 2006 8:42 PM

David Hettel MVP MobileDevices

You might also wish to look at this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/maintain/printers.mspx

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"Jim Cummings" <jscummi***@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:egDqqbM4GHA.2228@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have just set up a wireless router so that my wife can use her laptop on
>the net. Is it possible to set this up so that she will be able to use the
>printer connected to my computer, XP Professional.
>