can i connect a printer in serrial port.then how can i connect?
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yes but you need to buy an adaptor for the ends logg onto maplin.co.uk to find your nearest store that will sell it to you or have them post it out to you i go ta serial port to USB adaptor from them it works like a dream & is better then Serial port or parrallel
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Find your printer listed here, and download the latest  driver directly from HP.\n\nhttp://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?h_pagetype=s-002&h_lang=en&h_cc=us&h_product=236252&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_page=hpcom&lang=en&cc=us
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go to start on your tool bar and click it.  you will see control panel listed. click this and look for add a device or add a printer. it will walk you through
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If the printer upstairs is attached to another PC, then go to the Printers folder and make sure that you have 'SHARED' that printer, then you will probably have to install the printer drivers too, it will ask you if it is locally connected or on a network, choose network. the rest is plain sailing.\nOr you can walk upstairs and plug that printer into your usb port, AFTER installing the printer drivers.\nIf the upstairs printer is a networked printer - i.e. NOT attached to a PC, then on installing the printer driver it will again ask you if it is networked, and search for it.
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HP advises that windows XP includes a driver for this printer. They further advise\n\nClick Start and then click Control Panel. \nClick Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes. \nIn Printer Tasks, click Add a printer. \nClick Next. \nSelect Local, then remove the check mark from Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer. \nClick Next. \nSelect Port. \nParallel connection is usually LPT1.\nUSB connection is usually USB001.\nClick Next. \nSelect HP from the Manufacturer list. \nSelect the printer model from the printer list, and then click Next. \nSelect Yes if this printer is the default printer, or select No if it is not. \nClick Next to continue. \nSelect No to skip the test page, and then click Next. \nClick Finish to complete the installation. \n NOTE:  If prompted for a Windows disk in Step 12, do not use the disk that came with the printer, use the Windows XP disk or the recovery disk that came with the computer. \n\nIf prompted for a Windows disk, insert the appropriate Windows or PC Recovery disk (not the disk that came with the printer) and follow the instructions on the screen. Once the driver has been installed, it will be listed in the Printers window ( Start, then Printers and Faxes).
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The only way I can think of is following:\n\n- Share your USB Printer \n- Use the network resource and attach it to a LPTx port ( u can do this with "NET USE LPTx &#92;&#92;your_pc_name&#92;USBP" where LPTx is the port u want to use (ie Lpt1) \n- Happy printing....
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You can connect the 2 pc's with a crossover cable and give them IP addresses like, 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.  The printer can be shared by right clicking on the printer and select "Sharing".  You also need to have "File and Print" sharing setup.  Check the link below.  It has step-by-step instructions.
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tuen your pc off. Unplug the printer cable. Unplug the printer power cable. Wait 1 minute and connect again.
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You can buy Printers which already are network ready or you can convert your printer to be a WIFI buy adding an adapter. YOu can even make it Bluetooth ready.\n\nThere are loads of hardware especially a  way could be buy one of those mini print servers attach it to your wireless router and the printer is then available to all in the workgroup
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First you have to share the printer.\nGo to the printer control panel, right click the printer, and click sharing.  Check the box for enabling sharing, and name it something intuitive (HP or something like that)\nClick Ok to close it.\nMake a note of your computers name: right click My Computer and click properties.  On the name tab, get your PCs name.\nThen on another PC, click Start -> Run and type &#92;&#92;YourComputerName  and hit enter\nA list of shares on your PC will pop up.  Right click the printer icon, and click connect.  It will say something about needing to install a driver, click Yes.\nDo this on every PC.  You may need to go to the manufacturers site and install the drivers if you are using a different OS.  Like if the host is XP, p and 2k machines should connect just fine, win98 or me or 95 will probably need the driver installed.
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it s only possible in workgroup if The printer itself has inbuilt functions with the driver provided. Otherwise not possible in workgroup.
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Open control panel and make sure default printer is the network printer you want to print to.
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It's looking for a Parallel port (also known as LPT-1) This printer can connect through a 36-pin Centronics cable (parallel printer cable) or an A to B (standard) USB cable. Be sure you have the correct type of cable for the printer and that the printer driver is installed and selected as the default active printer..\n\nDell has recently remove the old LPT-1 ports from a lot of their PCs in favor of USB, and if you have a USB cable and the driver disk, set up should be relatively easy, be sure to use the printer's driver install disk...don't confuse COM-1 or COM-2...those are a different typr of communications port, rarely used for printers anymore since USB became popular.
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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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it is possible to network both. You can even network both printers. Install the program from the router disk on your laptop and desktop. Then when that is finished, network the printer. Go to start, control panel, printers and faxes, then add a printer (from your laptop). Then select network printer (attached to your DESKTOP) then follow the instuctions. \n\nHopefully this will be HELPFUL!
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Another option: \nControl Pannel->(Printer and Other Hardware)-> View Installed Printer or...-> Select your printer-> Right Click It-> Click Sharing-> Enable Sharing (put a share name)\n\nNow go the remote comps. and then Print Setup and then Try Find Printer, then Figure it out.\n\n(Your comp. should already be in  sharing to share a printer. For Sharing: Control Pannel-> (Network and Internet connectons) -> Set up or change  your home office...-> Rest Figure it out)
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You have a few choices.  \n1)You can share the printer from an existing computer that is directly attached to the printer(Right click on printer and choose sharing...\n2)If the printer has an ethernet port you can give it an IP and install the printer on any computer you want to print to it by...(creating IP port and use standard IP port)\n3)if your printer does not have an Ethernet port, you can purchase a print server (small device that you can connect to the printer that you will be able to assign an IP address-can be LPT or USB)\nEach of these will require that you have the printer near the wireless router, or connected to a networked computer on your home network\nThere are also wirelss print servers available, to make it all truly wireless.  Check out Linksys.com