how do I hook up 2 printers to the same computer?
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Connect them to two USB ports or install a second parallel port. Check any computer store.
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• Click Start and then click Control Panel. \n \n• Click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes. \n \n• In the Printers and Faxes folder, I clicked the printer's icon and, in the tasks pane, I clicked Share This Printer. \n \n• I opened the printer's Properties dialog box, and clicked on the Sharing tab. \n \n• I clicked Share Name, and then clicked OK. \n \n\nThat's it—the printer was immediately available for other computers to use.\n\nNow that I had a network printer, I was ready to connect to it and print from other computers on the network.\n\nTo connect to the printer\n\n• I opened Control Panel, and clicked Printers and Other Hardware. \n \n• I clicked Add a Printer. \n \n• Instead of adding a local printer, though, I clicked Printer Connection and then browsed the network for the printer. \n \n\nThe whole process took less than a minute before I was printing to the network printer as though it was connected to the computer
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That particular printer connects to the computer by way of a parallell cable. The parallell port on the back of your computer is shaped like the monitor port, but it is longer. Go to Start > Control Panel > Printers. Double-click Add New Printer, or select it from the list on the left side of the screen (in Windows XP). This will start the Add New Printer Wizard. If your printer is not listed (it should be listed if you have Windows XP), or if you have the installation CD for the printer, click Have Disk and install that driver and software.\n\nWhen the installation wizard tells you to, connect the printer to the computer. Then, finish the installation, and you should be ready to print.
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If your printers are network ready, all you should have to do is assign an IP address to the printers. If not you can set them up on a host computer and then share them out. \n\nGood luck
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if i get you... you want to be able to be able to print from your desktop pc. From the desktop pc you right click on the printer and select sharing. and confirm the name you want the sharing to bear. then on the other pc (laptop) you go to start>settings>printers.. click on install printer and choose "network printer" if you have an already existing network you should be able to locate the shared printer on the desktop. choose it and go thru the wizard. with that you should be able to share your printer installed on the desktop on your laptop. Any other question is welcomed.
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The printer has to be shared first on the computer it is connected to. On the other computer in the net you have to choice: Start/Printers and Faxes. ‘Printer and faxes’ folder will appear. Double click on the ‘Add a printer’ link in left. ‘Add printer Wizard’ dialog box will appear now. In second step of the wizard select ‘A network printer, or printer attached to another computer’ checkbox. Then you have to proceed as you install printer on local machin.
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you cannot connect one printer to 2 pcs! u can connect 2 pcs to eachother and the printer to one of them. connect the pcs by lan cable and the printer by usb...i think that's the only way
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If you are connecting the printer for the first time install the software then, on the wired PC go into the control pannel and click on printers and faxes, right click on the icon of the priter toy want to share and click shareing.  A dialog box will appear, click on the shreing tab if it is not already selected, select share this printer and then click apply then okay.  You should then be able to print from both computers.
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There are several options. \n\n1.  Plug the printer into one of the 2 networked computers and turn on printer sharing.   This gets very difficult if you are using the security settings, which I recommend. \n\n2. Buy a Printer Server, which plugs into your router, and printer.    This will assign an IP address to your printer.   On each computer, you would then add an IP port to your printer setup.  \n\nNetgear makes a printer server and sells it through STAPLES and other retailers for under $80.  These can also be wireless, but this also would be more difficult to configure.  So I recommend that you get the Ethernet (wired) variety.\n\nSometimes it is easier to configure these by temporarilly wiring your computer to the router.  Once you get it working, then you can return to wireless.
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******IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A DISK\n\n1) Connect the printer cable to the appropriate port on your computer according to the printer manufacturer's instructions. \n\n2) Plug the power cord of the printer into a wall outlet and turn the printer on. \n\n3) Open Printers and Faxes. \n\n4)Under Printer Tasks, click Add a printer to open the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Next. \n\n5)Click Local printer or stand-alone network printer, clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box, and then click Next. \n\n6) Most computers use a parallel port (LPT1) to send information to a printer that's directly attached to the computer. So in the Use the following port list, click LPT1: (Recommended Printer Port), and then click Next. Some plotters, however, may connect to the computer through one of the serial (COM) ports. If that's the case for you, click one of the serial (COM) ports. \n\n7) Follow the directions that appear. \nWhen you are finished, the printer appears in Printers and Faxes. If you want to print a test page, first make sure your printer is turned on and ready to print.
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You have to add the printer to the pc/laptop that need to print, add printer and use network not local, choose the printer using browse button, continue with the windows install guide, print a test page to confirm.\nUnless you have a networking problem, like you can't even see the other pc at network neighbourhood, otherwise the above solution should work.
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Go to Start--->settings---->printers, click on add a printer....hit next...click local printer...(uncheck auto detect)....check off Create a new port.....In the pull-down select Standard TCP/IP Port...hit next....Enter the IP address of the printer on both lines...hit next. \n\nSelect the correct driver for the specific printer you're going to ...or if it's a laser you probably can use HP4plus driver.
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It's easy to find this in two units, but I haven't found a 1 unit in any of the major brands yet.  If your printer is wireless, you may want to go with a wireless switch & print server, and just plug it into your router. \nA quick search on wireless print servers turned up  Netgear WGPS606    D-Link DP-G310  and   Belkin F1UP0001    Most of them get medium ratings, instead of 5 stars, largely because they don't work with every printer out there, so check before you buy.
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YOU NEED A WIFI PRINTSERVER\n\nWireless-G PrintServer for USB 2.0\n \n  Share up to two printers with everyone on your network -- works with most parallel and USB (1.1 or 2.0) printers \nConnects your printers directly to the network by 10/100 wired Ethernet or 54Mbps Wireless-G (802.11g) \nNo need to dedicate a PC to print server chores \nRemotely administered through your web browser, SNMP, or the included utility
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Go to this website and pick out your printer. Download the driver and BAM - You're in business!
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On the desktop that has the printer attached, go to Start>Printers and Faxes> then right click on the printer you want, select "sharing", then check the box that says "share this printer".
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Crossover\n\nThats the kind of cable you  will need for sharing between 2 computers connected directly..\n\nafter that is done...you will need to set up Both of your computers to enable File and Printer Sharing./