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dvea

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I have just installed a router.
Two computers using XP are wired in to router and can print
Third computer using ME is wireless and can connect to internet, but cant print to the printer on main computer.
I go to ADD A PRINTER, then say network printer, then browse entire network, then see workgoup, but there are no other computers or printers listed there.
That is as far as I get

Help before I stab myself in the eye with this pencil
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Facedown98

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Hi. On the hosting computer which the printer is connected to, did you be sure to select Share this Printer?
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Yes, it is shared.
I've been thinking......just because my wireless computer is connected to the router, it doesn't necessarily mean that I am networked with the other two does it?
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As long as the device is set to shared, it will broadcast that ability to the router, where the other computers can pick it up. Do you have a firewall installed on the computers?
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