2007-01-26 06:45:29 · 11 answers · asked by jl 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
Both pc's have Windows XP and share the same monitor, mouse, & keyboard thru a KVM switch cable.
2007-01-26 09:05:25 · update #1
open up "printers and faxes", right click said printer, select properites, click "sharing tab", select "share this printer", hit ok.
goto other pc, open up "my network places", on left panel select "entire network", find your pc that has the printer, double click it, it should show the printer, select it and hit connect or map (can't remember)
or you can go to add printer and select network printer and navigate or let it find it.
2007-01-26 06:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by blur b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what operating systems on each of the PCs?
If it is an XP machine go to start->settings->printers and faxes->your printer and right click on your printer and hit properties. Now click the sharing tab and click the share this printer radio button and give the printer a name. If the PC is a member of an active directly domain you will also have the option to list it in the directory.
Now go to the desktop and right click my computer and then properties, then hit the computer name tab, note the full computer name.
Now go to the PC that doesn't have the printer and open an explorer window, easiest way it to right click on the start button and click explore. In the address bar put name of the other computer in with a double hack preceding it, for example "\\mypc.mydomain.com" or "\\mypc" and hit enter. You will see the printer and other shares on that PC in the right pane, right click on the printer and hit connect.
You're done. If it is other operating systems the procedure may not be the same. Let me know your exact situation and I can help a bit more.
2007-01-26 07:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by x_ill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the printer is connected LOCALLY, then another network PC will have trouble in connecting and printing. It would depend on the type of network and the security protocols involved.
First, on the 1st PC make sure that the printer is set to be shared.
On the 2nd PC, click Network Neighborhood and see if the 1st PC is visible. If it is, double click and look for the printer icon. Double click the printer icon and then install the driver as needed.
This should give you printing capabilities you seek.
2007-01-26 06:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On new PC....
Start Menu, Settings, Printers, Click on "Add Printer".
Go through the Add Printer Wizard. There are a couple of options to find the printer name. Since it's a network, there should be a network "name" for the printer. The easiest way is type that in. If you don't know it's name, there is a browse option to find it.
You can default to the new printer for Windows apps (or not). You're done.
2007-01-26 06:57:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best guide yiu can ever get is here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx
To share the printer, I opened the Printers and Faxes folder on the computer that was connected to my printer.
To open the Printers and Faxes folder
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Click Start and then click Control Panel.
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Click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes.
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In the Printers and Faxes folder, I clicked the printer's icon and, in the tasks pane, I clicked Share This Printer.
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I opened the printer's Properties dialog box, and clicked on the Sharing tab.
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I clicked Share Name, and then clicked OK.
That's it—the printer was immediately available for other computers to use.
Now that I had a network printer, I was ready to connect to it and print from other computers on the network.
To connect to the printer
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I opened Control Panel, and clicked Printers and Other Hardware.
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I clicked Add a Printer.
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Instead of adding a local printer, though, I clicked Printer Connection and then browsed the network for the printer.
The whole process took less than a minute before I was printing to the network printer as though it was connected to the computer
2007-01-26 06:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by burhan_ace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to make sure that you install the printer software on all computers that you intend to use the printer with and if the printer is connected directly to another computer rather than a router you will need to enable printer sharing
2007-01-26 06:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by my_giva_is_busted 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow these steps:
Make sure the printer is set to shared( Just select the printer and you see "Share this printer on your left hand side...click that and then select share this printer) and the printer software is on all the computers..
--Under start go to Printers and Faxes
--On the left hand side click the link to add printer.
--The add printer wizard will appear
--Click next.
--Make sure that a network printer or a printer attached to another printer is selected and click next again.
--Select the "Connect to this printer( or to browse for a printer select this option and click next)" is selected.Click next again
--The wizard should automatically search your printer and display it here.
---Select your printer and click next
---The printer will now attach to your network computer.
--- It then asks you whether you want to make it the default printer
Select yes or no depending on what you want.Click next
---Click Finish
Congrats!! you are done....
2007-01-26 07:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by Manju 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Share the printer on the computer that it is connected to. Then on the other computer, add a new printer, on the network and you will see the printer connected to the other computer as an option to connect to.
2007-01-26 06:57:01 · answer #8 · answered by lifesajoy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-01 08:51:15 · answer #9 · answered by nocera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to control panel - network connections - my network places. Then navigate the tree and find a printer
2007-01-26 06:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by edge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋