How to Set Up a Wi-Fi Network
A Wi-Fi network is a great way to network your home PCs, stream media files, or share a Net connection. We'll show you how.
How to Share a Printer Over a Network
You don't need multiple printers just because you have more than one PC. Here's our easy guide to sharing your printer from one computer to another.
Lincoln Spector and Robert Strohmeyer, PC World Apr 19, 2008 6:00 pm
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Choose Your Printer
Having several computers in your home or office doesn't mean you have to buy several printers, too. If your PCs are connected via a wireless network (or a wired one, for that matter), you can easily share them by turning on Sharing in Windows. To get started, open the Printers and Faxes control panel in Windows XP (simply called Printers in Vista). Right-click on the printer you want to share, and choose Sharing.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THIS DISCUSSION VIA EMAIL OR RSSposted Fri May 16 11:47:18 PDT 2008
doesn't the article assume that a host pc is all ways turned on too??posted Thu Jul 24 07:13:46 PDT 2008
Rather than force ALWAYS ON to user machines consider a Wi-Fi printer Server. The router is always on and the server burns less power than most machines.Beefsurgeon posted Mon Mar 23 13:50:41 PDT 2009
That installs the printer only for the user currently logged in.You will need to repeat the process for each user or:
Click Start–Settings–Printers and Faxes.Double click Add Printer to open the Add Printer Wizard. Click Next.Click the Local Printer radio button. Click Next.Click Create a new port and choose Local Port from the drop down menu.In the Enter a Port Name box type:hostnameprintersharename (e.g. 123ABCHPLJ4100).Choose Printer from list.Create name for printer in Printer Name box.
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