Sounds like the notebooks are not in the same Workgroup as the desktops.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"ABIGNTALL1" <ABIGNTALL1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have 6 desktop computers in my office, four of these are connected to the
> network using a linksys switch. i have a printer connected to one of those
> four. We also have several laptops come in and out.
>
> i want the printer to be available to all other computers in the office
> but
> when i use the Add Printer Wizard from any other computer it doesn't find
> the
> printer. i just get Micrsoft Windows Network in the list, not the complete
> list that I get when running the wizard from the other two computers or
> laptops.
>
> Also, when the printer is connected to one of the other two computers it
> can
> be found by a laptop, but not but by any of the four that are connected to
> the linksys switch.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions about this, i have contacted linksys but they say
> they don't support file and printer sharing. i think i've covered all the
> obvious bases, enabling printer sharing, running the set-up wizard etc
>
> thank you
> dave