Networking a printer?

[aces67]

I'm running XP on my desktop pc and Vista on my laptop. I've followed all the steps and I have my printer set up on my desktop to share but when I try to add a network printer to my laptop it says it can't connect to the printer.

What am I doing wrong? I'm using a Netgear router and my printer is an HP Photosmart.

Thanks!

Amanda

[aces67]

Never mind. I finally figured it out. This Vista is more difficult than XP.

[soybean]

Can you share with us what you found to be the solution?

[aces67]

I found this on the internet and just followed the steps. It works perfectly now.

 Click Add Printer
Then add local printer ( I know its not local but its the easiest way around this on Vista)
Create New Port
Local Port
When prompt with a window to type in the local port, just simply put
\\NAMEOFCOMPUTER\nameofprinter

Ie, the name of the computer that has the printer hooked up to it is SERVER and the name of the printer is DellLaser, then it would be \\SERVER\DellLaser

[soybean]

Thanks for the response.  I have the same scenario as you. It's been quite awhile since I added the printer to my Vista notebook PC but your procedure sounds familiar.  Glad to hear you're up and running.