Connect a cable printer to my wireless comput

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jeanette - 1 Sep 2009 à 18:13
sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday 23 May 2009 Status Contributor Last seen 20 October 2010 - 2 Sep 2009 à 15:06
Hello,
I want to connect my husbands computer to be able to share my printer I have a wireless connected to his computer.
jeanette
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2 Sep 2009 à 07:42
Hello there,

You will have to networking knowledge to do this,

you can share a printer on a LAN network,

To know more please click here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx

Thanks
sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday 23 May 2009 Status Contributor Last seen 20 October 2010 183
2 Sep 2009 à 15:06
connecting it to a pc and sharing it has the drawback of that the computer that has the printer on needs to be on all the time for the printer to be accessed.

the other option involves attaching a USB to ethernet print server to your printer and the printer can then be connected to your LAN. this way any of the computers can printo it without the need for another computer being on. they range from quite reasonable to sickeningly high. but the reasonable priced ones are ideal for home use.
there is a similar product for printers that have a parralel port as well.

two links below show the kind of item i am talking about.

https://www.newegg.com/iogear-gpsu21/p/N82E16833139009
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002T49LA/ref=asc_df_B0002T49LA419744/?tag=nextag78-21&creative=7966&creativeASIN=B0002T49LA&linkCode=asn