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Hello people.
I was just wondering I have a wireless connection set up in my house and I have 2 computers wireless while one of them is wired to a router. I was wondering can I set up the printer in a way so that it would print from any computer in my house.
My printer is connected to one of the wireless computers BTW, not the wired one.

You can set the printer to Shared in the Printers folder in Windows. Make sure that all the computers are using a unified protocal, such as IPX/SPX, and that preferrably they are all in the same workgroup. Once you set up the printer for sharing, just use the Install a New Printer wizard on the other computers, and instead of installing a local printer, install a network printer, and search for it when specified. It should install automatically if its a popular brand printer. Good Luck!
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You might also want to check and see that the computers are set as clients to microsoft windows network, and that file and printer sharing is enabled. firewalls can cause problems too, so if printers can be detected when shared, check those, even windows firewall can be a doosy.
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