I have two computers. One in my room and one in the living room. Both are wired to the internet. I want them both to use the printer that is on the living room computer. The computer in the living room is having issues (for now) so I was wanting to print something from my room to the printer out there without having to haul the printer into my room to hook it up to just this one. Any advice?
If the two computers are on the same local network then you can connect the printer to one of them and then share the printer over the network. Look that up in the Windows Help, it s not difficult. Another option is to get a small box called a quot;print serverquot; and connect that to your network router, then connect the printer to that print server. However, those don t necessarily work well with all printers, and it s probably overkill for you. The advantage to this method is that you don t have to have a computer (i.e. the one to which the printer is connected if using method 1) on all the time. I m not aware of any other options.
Try sharing the printer (assuming windows) go to Control Panel/Printers and right click select properties. Click on the Sharing Tab, Share the printer and give it a name. Go to 2nd computer, and select add a printer, Network Printer, Browse for printer, and find the one by the name of other computer/printername, install drivers and then set it as default.
If you have both computers connected to the internet, I assume they are connected to a router of some form. What you need to do on both is enable file amp; printer sharing through the control panel under networks for both PCs.
You could set up a home network, so that you can access files on one computer from the other, as well as printers, scanners, etc attached to the other computer.
Router for the printer.
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Do you have them connected to a router?
