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help for a networking noob please

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my friend wants to be able to print from her lappy and her son's machine, both wirelessly on her home network.

she has a HP 3030 laserjet printer connected via usb to her main/office computer.

she has a verizon dsl modem. i've shared the printers and i can see the printer on the laptop (haven't worked on the son's rig yet) and when i try to print a test page, it shows it printing, but i get nothing printed.

i know this is sparse info, because, well, i suck at networking but it doesn't appear this should be difficult.

the guy who worked on it before actually ran a splitter going directly into the back of the modem, one for the dsl incoming and one running to the fax. does that souynd right?

someone mentioned a print server, do i need that?

thanks in advance!
 
Do you have the correct printer drivers loaded on the new systems?
Sharing the printer, and seeing the printer as a share does not mean the computer knows what language to talk to the printer or how to format the print job.
 
I assume that the Modem is actually a Modem/Router.

Wire or Wireless does not matter as long as there is a connection between the computers.

Maybe this can Help.

Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings, http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is allowed to be shared.

Vista File and Printer Sharing- http://technet.microsoft.com/e.../library/bb727037.aspx

Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;304040

Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windo...t/honeycutt_july2.mspx

Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357

Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
 
thanks guys, let me look through there ans see what i'm missing. i appreciate the help, and will be back if i don't get it 🙂
 
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