Find the web site of the router manufacturer. There you will find detailed
instructions for sharing a printer with your router.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"catrambo" <etrudell@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Thank you for your quick reply. I do have a router with both computers
setup
> on the router. Is there something else I should be doing?
> "Ted Zieglar" <teddy.z@notmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O%23GBWDQ9FHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > The easiest way to share a printer is through a router or a print
server.
> > Both these hardware devices are easy to setup and are quite inexpensive.
> > The
> > major manufacturers of these devices will supply complete instructions.
> >
> > The other way of sharing hardware on a network is through software,
which
> > sounds like the path you have been pursuing. This method is difficult
and
> > has its share of "gotchas".
> >
> > For example, you could plug your computers and printer into a router,
use
> > the default settings (for now) and be sharing your printer in less time
> > than
> > it takes to get the router out of the box. (OK, I'm exaggerating. But
not
> > by
> > much.) To make this work, your printer must have a network card or
> > built-in
> > network capability.
> >
> > --
> > Ted Zieglar
> > "You can do it if you try."
> >
> > "catrambo" <etrudell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:%23hc37nP9FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> I have two computers. One has Xp Home and the other has XP Pro OS. I
> > would
> >> like to share my printer (Lexmark 6170) with my XP Home and XP Pro
> >> computers. My printer is connected to my xp home computer thru a USB
> >> cable. I tried several instructions from Lexmark and microsoft. but
when
> >> I'm through going thru the processes I cannot get my XP Pro computer
to
> >> print. I get a message"computer cannot communicate with the printer".
> >> Is
> >> there something other I should be doing? Both computers have been
given
> >> different names but only one is connected to the printer. Can you
help.
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>