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| Quote : ...I was wondering if there was a way that I could have my printer on my wireless network so anyone can print out of it without it being connected to a pc? .... |
Unless I'm missing something you should be able to share the printer over your network. Just right click on the printer icon and click share. Then go to the other computers on the network and do a printer install and when asked, click network printer. You'll have to have the computer that the printer is connected to on and you'll have to be longed into that computer over the network to install/use.Yo, g-paw, I think maybe you missed something in his question... 
| Quote : ...I was wondering if there was a way that I could have my printer on my wireless network so anyone can print out of it without it being connected to a pc? .... |
Unless I'm missing something you should be able to share the printer over your network. Just right click on the printer icon and click share. Then go to the other computers on the network and do a printer install and when asked, click network printer. You'll have to have the computer that the printer is connected to on and you'll have to be longed into that computer over the network to install/use.Yo, g-paw, I think maybe you missed something in his question...
Sorry, missed that, low literacy level 
. I want to do essentially the same thing, I don't want the Kid on my network, which consists of my office machine, a second one, and my wife's laptop. She has a PC that I have my fax/printer attached to and she recently won an Acer Ferari. I wanted to try to set up a second network using the same Router as the other network. This way she doesn't have to be on my network or log onto my machine. Unfortuately, we have to send the laptop back for the 2nd time, Acer sucks but that's another story. I was able to get the 2nd network set up and see the shared folders but not install the printer before the Acer went south, so will have to wait till we get the laptop back. If your goal is to keep someone off your network or out of your computer and you have 2 printers connected to different machines, it might be worth a try.
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