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johnsec21

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    want to add wireless printer
    « on: September 29, 2012, 11:51:27 AM »
    I bought and installed a wireless printer for my laptop (windows7) and it is working fine. Now, I have my desktop(windows XP) which is connected (wired) to a different printer which is my primary printer, but I now want my desktop to also have the capability to also print to the wireless printer which I installed for my laptop. I tried setting up a network on my XP desktop and searching for the wireless printer by its IP address but that didn't work, maybe I am doing something wrong. ??
    Please help..

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    Re: want to add wireless printer
    « Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 04:06:11 PM »
    Are you sure your desktop is wireless?

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    Re: want to add wireless printer
    « Reply #2 on: September 30, 2012, 02:43:19 AM »
    Depending on your network setup, it's likely the wired computer can't see the wireless printer. If you only have one router, you'll have to go into the router settings. If you have multiple routers or switches, you have to configure them so traffic can go between the networks.
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    Re: want to add wireless printer
    « Reply #3 on: September 30, 2012, 05:47:16 AM »
    Both PC's need to be in the same Workgroup and have file and print sharing enabled...
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    Re: want to add wireless printer
    « Reply #4 on: September 30, 2012, 10:14:12 PM »
    Both PC's need to be in the same Workgroup and have file and print sharing enabled...

    Probably not. Wireless printers aren't usually shared through Windows/Samba networking so workgroups are irrelevant. The only time workgroups matter is when you're sharing a printer from a Windows computer, through Windows, to another Windows computer.
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