How to Share a Printer Over a Network

You don't need multiple printers just because you have more than one PC. Here's our easy guide to sharing your printer from one computer to another.

Lincoln Spector and Robert Strohmeyer, PC World

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On each of the computers that you would like to use with the shared printer, you will need to add the shared printer. Make sure each of these machines is connected to your network before opening the Control Panel and selecting the Printers and Faxes (in XP) or Printers (in Vista) control panel. Once it's open, click "Add a printer" to proceed. On the next screen, choose "Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer."