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Old 04-16-2010, 06:48 PM   #1
PurdueBrad
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: DeKalb, IL
Printer-network question

Hey guys-

You're my usual experts, so let's see what you guys can do here. My wife just bought a new Toshiba laptop (I've got one coming in four days as well) and we have a deskjet printer that is connected to our desktop pc upstairs. That PC acts basically as a hub for the printer (if the upstairs computer isn't on, the printer won't print from our current laptops for instance). Our problem is that we haven't had to figure out how to get a wireless laptop to print to it in about four or five years and we can't remember to save our lives. Anyone know how to pull this off?

Find printer doesn't work since the printer itself isn't networked nor does it then have its own IP address. The old laptops still use it just fine and the new laptop will print off it when plugged directly into it. Thanks in advance, this is driving her (and therefore me) crazy.

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