How do I get my laptop to recognize my printer (wirelessly)? -

I went to settings of both my desktop which is hooked up to the printer and my laptop which is not, and turned file sharing and printing on. Now my laptop recognizes the printer (the name pops up in the printer list) but it always says Offline. It is not offline because I can print things from my desktop. When it says offline and its not, can you pinpoint the area I need to fix? Thanks

You have to connect to the printer. Try logging on to the desktop from your laptop - as though you were getting a file from it.

it might be refering to something else thats offline

Hi! i think you have to install it.