how to share printer on two computers?

[Mark_Lawrence]

is it possible to hook up an ethernet cable from a pc that runs win XP and connect the other to a pc that runs win7 and share and print on the same printer?

 

[COLGeek]

Yes, you can share printers with other systems on your local network. Which PC is the printer connected to now? Are both PCs on the same network?

 

[Mark_Lawrence]

Yes, you can share printers with other systems on your local network. Which PC is the printer connected to now? Are both PCs on the same network?

its connected to the win 7 pc. how to know if they are on a same network? newbie here

 

[COLGeek]

In Network Neighborhood/Network can you see the other computer? Are both PCs using the same router to connect to the Internet? If so, they are on the same network.

To set up printer sharing, use this guide:

http://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-share-printer-your-network

or here:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/share-printer-home-network-windows

Then from the XP PC, you should be able to browse the network to the Windows 7 PC and locate the printer from there. Use the link below to setup the XP PC:

https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/print_connect_net_printerw.mspx?mfr=true