how do you hookup two computers to one printer i want the easiest way please?

Question

my wifes printer is connected to her computer which is on a wireless router my computer uses comcast high speed modem

Answer 1

You have everything you need right there. You just need to install the printer driver to the computer that isn't physically connected to the printer.



On your wife's computer, click on Start > Printers. Right click on the printer and click Properties.



Depending on your version of Windows there should be a Tab or a button that allows you to share the printer. Name the printer something simple - that will be the name it appears as on the network.



Sometimes, for this to work, you will need to unhook the printer and physically attach it to the computer you're setting it up to use wirelessly, if it doesn't detect properly over the network. From my experience it's usually less painful to do this step first. If you do it this way, it will detect properly when you try to connect to it via the network.



GL!

Answer 2

relies upon the place the computers are and what connections there are between the computers. The flat out maximum inexpensive way is unplug the printer from one laptop and plug it into the different. it extremely is unfastened yet a bore and could no longer artwork if the printers are miles aside. the subsequent maximum inexpensive is that in the event that they're the two on an identical community. proportion it out from one computing device and on the different computing device connect a community printer. it incredibly is going to be on the IP handle or call of the printer that does the sharing and could have the call you shared it out as. you may desire to in basic terms determine you have document and printer sharing on the computing device doing the sharing out and the microsoft sharing client on the different computing device. Then it extremely is in basic terms a query of placing it up. enable sharing in residing house windows if it replaced into disabled precise click the printer, pick 'properties' and then the sharing tab. on the different laptop use the 'upload printer' wizard to function a community printer. the two computers could be powered up for the single applying the proportion to print... yet no longer for the single without postpone under pressure out to the printer to print. any other way will fee you cash. thoughts are: Printer change including networking between the two computers community print server (by using then you extremely've spent plenty money a much less costly printer may well be greater fee-effective)

Answer 3

If you wife's computer uses a 4 port wireless router you can connect the printer to both computers using that, wireless or wired, if your printer is net-workable. If not you can go for a print server. The other choice is to treat your wife computer as a server and yours as a client, for this you will need two network cards or network outlets on each PC and the server will have to be turned on for you to connect to the printer.

You can connect 2 PC's using a crossover RJ45 network cable.



If you do not have a network printer you can connect the printer to the 4 port router using a USB TO LAN RJ45 Ethernet 10Mb/100Mb Network Adapter

http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-LAN01-Usb-lan-RJ45/dp/B000CCZP88



You may have to put a second Ethernet card in your PC:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DFE-530TX-100Mbps-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B00004SYNX



Whatever you do never ever try to connect 2 PC's together using a USB cable, you will do serious damage.

See here for a lot more options:-

http://www.ehow.com/search.aspx?s=How+to+Share+a+Printer

http://www.ehow.com/how_4449672_share-printer-between-desktop-wireless.html

Answer 4

You can't hook up computers. That's stupid. They can't have a love life like we can/hook up! Nuff said.

Answer 5

make sure that the two computer shares the same workgroup...