I want to use my printer for both my desktop & my wireless laptop,,help
2007-07-05 14:22:40 · 5 answers · asked by Chef Barry 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You can do this three ways.
1) Purchase a wireless print server and connect it to your printer. Your laptop and desktop will beable to access the printer as long as the printer is on.
or
2) Install the printer on your desktop. Enable file and printer sharing on the desktop and laptop to network them together and share the printer as a network printer. Your laptop will beable to access the printer as long as the desktop is on.
or
3) Purchase a wireless printer.
2007-07-05 14:36:02 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apple has a program called Bonjour. It allows both windows and MAC to share a printer and/or a hard drive on a wireless network
2007-07-05 14:33:10 · answer #2 · answered by Linda S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can wirelessly print from your laptop only if the desktop is on (considering you are on the same network.) here's how to do it: on the desktop- go to start>control panel>printers and faxes. find the printer you would like to use and right click it. Click sharing and security. enable sharing. on the laptop, go to my network places and see if its there. if it doesn't pop up, restart the desktop and the laptop. now when you select file>print on the laptop, click the arrow next to the printer name. you should see your desktop printer listed. click it and press print. Enjoy
2007-07-05 14:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by kmm333 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it fairly is rather consumer-friendly to do as long as you have nicely suited working structures. in case you have XP living house on the very own computing device the printer is declared to, it is frustrating. First, you ought to create a community on the very own computing device computing device - bypass to administration Panel and proper click on the printer icon which you have put in. pick properties and share the printer. Then bypass to your computing device and click upload printer - browse for the shared printer and upload it. in case you will no longer be able to discover it via surfing for it, you could ought to create a house community via going to administration panel and putting one up. I easily have 4 laptops related to my under pressure printer this is shared on my very own computing device. Works splendidly and you do no longer pick extra advantageous kit! do no longer know why somebody might vote thumbs down on my answer - they do no longer know what they are speaking approximately. I run XP professional on my very own computing device with an HP 1600 series printer related to it via a USB cord. I easily have a XP living house computing device, a Apple Air, a living house windows 7 sixty 4 bit computing device, and a netbook Ubuntu all related wirelessly to the printer on my community.
2016-10-20 00:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a Bluetooth adapter for your printer, and a bluetooh reciever for your lap if it doesnt have one already.. and thats it!
2007-07-05 14:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by soulsenser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋