How to Share a Printer in Windows XP

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Tip 1 - The Right Way to Share Printers with Windows XP

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Valentin Mayer | permalink

Even if your printer does not have built-in sharing or wireless capability, you can still enable it to be accessed from other devices on your local network. Follow these instructions to share printers connected to a Windows XP computer.

For further reading: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/windowsnetworking/ht/printer-sharing.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - How To Share A Printer On A Network In Windows XP - Networking Mini-Guides

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Hans Svalgaard | permalink

How To Share A Printer On A Network In Windows XP - posted in Networking Mini-Guides: Sharing a Printer in Windows XP. Guide Overview The purpose of this guide is to show you how to share a printer, directly connected to one computer, with other computers on a network. Select and Share the Printer This procedure is only required on the computer to which the printer is connected. The printer must be properly installed and working and 'file and printer sharing' must be enabled:...
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For further reading: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/43457/how-to-share-a-printer-on-a-network-in-windows-xp/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Share a Printer on Your Network from Vista or XP to Windows 7

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gregory Pijpers | permalink

The other day we looked at sharing a printer between Windows 7 machines, but you may only have one Windows 7 machine and the printer is connected to a Vista or XP computer. Today we show you how to share a printer from either Vista or XP to Windows 7.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12246/share-a-printer-on-your-network-from-vista-or-xp-to-windows-7/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Add a Shared Network Printer - Windows XP (Information Technologies)

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by James Szeles | permalink

This How To is intended for installing networked and shared printers in these University Park departments only: AEE, Deans, ExtAdmin, CSS, Grants Contracts, IT, UgEd, and VBS

For further reading: http://agsci.psu.edu/it/how-to/add-shared-network-printer-windows-xp ^[4]