John Thomas Smith Wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, jtsmith@pacifier.com wrote:
> One thing I am NOT clear about is printer sharing and how I do
> the setup so she may click "print" on the laptop and have it
> work with the printer connected to her desktop
>
> Found a reference site with articles and pictures
> http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sectio...le64-page1.php
>
> Tip #2 talks about turning off Window's built-in firewall,
> since it does not customize well, just blocks everything
>
> Wife's computer came bundled with Norton Internet Security,
> which does have an option to allow file/printer sharing
>
> My computer uses the free Sygate Personal Firewall, which
> also allows customizing to allow file/printer sharing
> (Sygate was bought by Symantec, no more free software!)
> (But, for now, the product is still on a download site)
> http://www.simtel.com/product.downlo...s.php?id=53687
>
> Following the steps in the article, and configuring both
> firewall products to allow file/printer sharing, now lets
> me print to Canon 4200 printer on wife's computer, which
> was a "test" so I will know how to configure her laptop
> (when it arrives) to do wireless printing
>
> John Thomas Smith
> http://www.direct2usales.com
> http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith

Hello again

That was idiotic of me. Posting an article would have explained it
better. But glad you took the time to do some research on it. Anyways,
I think you are pretty much set to go with the printer sharing.
Basically, the only thing you might take notice on is just making sure
every computer is joined in on the same Workgroup and that the computer
with the printer installled on must be logged on to be able to have
other computers print to it.

I basically use the Windows built in Firewall at work because we can't
use other programs that are not licensed. We have 20 computers hooked
up in a workgroup (big pain!) and is using the Norton Antivirus and
Windows Firewall. Basically, you could set up File and Print Sharing on
there as well. Just have to go to the Exceptions tab. The only thing I
don't like about it is that I believe it only blocks incoming traffic,
and not outgoing so that is a issue right there. Anyways, another free
firewall to try would be Zone Alarm. Quite popular I must say.

Good luck with your project!


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