Connecting an HP 7310 All-in-One Series printer to a network.

[DominoDiva]

Can you help? I have an HP 7310 Series SAll-in-One printer which is currently hooked up to a windows XP based computer via USB. I would like to connect the printer to my network instead, and would like to know which steps to take. Should I uninstall the software from the computer and start from fresh, or is there another way. I am not very savvy when it comes to networking, so I need help to prevent me from messing anything up further. I want to connect the printer to my network, so that I can print from my iMac (which is connected to the network wirelessly). Any help would be appreciated

 

[jamesmcuk]

this printer can't be "connected" to the network as such. However it can be shared.

Look at this for your XP machine http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457001.aspx

and this for your MAC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3049

Your XP machine will "HAVE" to be on and connected to the network as well as the printer otherwise this will cease to work

 

[hang-the-9]

You can use a USB print server to share the printer on the network, but it will probably only work for printing, not scanning or faxing. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139009&name=Network-Print-Servers

You can also do the sharing as above, you'll need to have the computer on for the printer sharing to work.