How to use my printer from a separate computer?

How do I use my printer from a separate computer?





Example: My family computer is hooked up downstairs and to the printer. I remember seeing laptops send prints to a printer without wires.





How can I do that?How to use my printer from a separate computer?
I know exactly what you want, I send print jobs from my laptop all the time. I when I first set it up I had a lot of trouble so I will give all the details that got it to work for me.


Note: You must have the family computer on in order to send print jobs to it.


1. Make sure that both computers have the required hardware, you should have, maybe built in, maybe not, a wireless Ethernet card. You must have a wireless router that transmits on the same frequency (letters like G, and N represent frequencies) and the family computer must connect to that router either with wires or wirelessly.


2. Both computers must have a windows logon password in order to set up file and printer sharing (file and printer sharing go together but file sharing can be independently shut off later). To set a logon password go to Control Panel in the start menu, then open user accounts. Select your account or the one that you plan to use (I don't know if limited accounts would work) and click add a password. From there it is self-explanatory.


3. Make sure that both computers have different computer names. You can find the computer name by right clicking on My Computer and selecting properties then click the computer name tab.


4. On both computers open Control Panel and make sure, in XP, that it is not in category view by using the button near the upper left. Then run the 'Network Setup Wizard'. During the setup make sure that you turn on file and printer sharing. I think that It is pretty much self-explanatory.


5. Restart your computers. Also do this after any step If prompted to for changes to take effect.


6. On your family computer open Control Panel, make sure that it is not in category view and click 'Printers and Faxes'. Right click on the printer that you wish to share and click sharing... Make sure that it is set to be shared (the Icon that you just right clicked on will probably have a hand under it if it is already shared but best check any way).


7. You鈥檙e almost done :) Now on the laptop open 'My Network Places' (if you can't find it in start or on the desktop open My Computer and, in XP anyway, there is an other places menu on the right with a short-cut to 'My Network Places' in it.)


8. In the bar near the top type ';\\%26lt;family computers name%26gt;'; and press enter. You may also be able to access it through, 'View workgroup computers'.


9. Right click on the printer you want to and click 'Connect'. You will be prompted to install a printer driver, click yes.


10. You should be set. Just open your document, go to print it, select the new networked printer and print away!








Don't be discouraged if you absolutely can't get it to work, there are people who go to collage to learn about this stuff.





We have 4 computers at our house, an old computer a new computer and a 2 laptops. All 4 use there hardware to connect to 1 router that has shared internet connected to it. The laptops both connect to the old computer for use of it's printer but we absolutely can't get the new computer to connect to the old computer or any of the laptops for that matter. All I'm saying is don't feel bad if you can't get it to work.How to use my printer from a separate computer?
is your network wired or wireless? depending on how your network is set up, would depend on how you would share the printer.
Im pretty sure you have to have a wireless printer to do that other wise you would have to go get a USB cable that would hook into your computer and the printer.
You could link to your home-network which is probably a VPN(virtual private network)then find it on your network and link it to the computer and print.
Let's assume the printer is on computer A and you wish to run print jobs to it from computer B.





I assume that computer A and computer B are both on the same network. It does not matter whether they are wired or wireless linked or one wired and one wireless; what matters is that they are on the same network.





On Computer A, go to Printers and Faxes, right click on the printer and enable sharing from the pop up window. Then close out of printers and faxes.





On Computer B, go to Printers and Faxes, select Add Printer, and then select the option for ';network printer or printer on another pc'; and follow the prompts to identify the computer A and its printer; follow the prompts and all should work fine.