re: hook up 2 computers to one printer Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:35 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Johnb33 (1813 messages posted) One of the computers has to be the dedicated pc that is hooked up to the printer. Basically you just run the small office/network setup wizard on both machines and enable file/printer sharing. Just make sure both are labeled the same workgroup name. Also, how do you have the 2 pcs networked, do you have them both attached to a router? Or are you using a cable going between the 2. See if this page will help you out. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:46 am, larry wrote: >My wife & I both have a computer and we would like to share a printer. We both use >Windows xp. Since neither one of us has a wifi card, I assume it will need to be >hard-wired. Our desk are only 6 ft apart with the printer in the middle. I tried >networking both computers but i can't seem to get it to work. Any help would be >deeply appreciated. >Larry Written in response to: hook up 2 computers to one printer (larry: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:46 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] hook up 2 computers to one printer (larry: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 12:46 am) re: hook up 2 computers to one printer (Sgt: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 4:33 am) re: hook up 2 computers to one printer (Ricer46: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 7:37 am) re: hook up 2 computers to one printer (Johnb33: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 4:35 am) re: hook up 2 computers to one printer (MartinM: Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 7:12 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum