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Help me set up network printer?
I have two systems:
1) ASUS P4B533 MOBO - Intel 2.4 CPU - XP (SP1) Machine ID = SYSTEM 1; Group = MSHOME 2) ASUS P4B533 MOBO - Intel 2.0 CPU - W98 Machine ID = SYSTEM 2; Group = MSHOME They each have on-board Ethernet and have cat-5 connection to a D-Link router, and then to a modem and then to a cable-connection. Internet works fine from both systems. I have a HP950 MFC Printer connect to USB on system 2. I have installed printer software & drivers on both systems, and did so by connecting the printer to USB on each system one at a time to (1) do the install and (2) test the printer. Both scenarios worked and still do. Now, obviously, I would like to set my 2 systems up so that I can print on the XP-connected printer from both systems without manually switching the cabling each time. I hope the router will enable this. I have tried everything under the sun, all to no avail. Since it really doesn't matter to which system the printer is connected, I have tried it both ways. That is, I have tried setting this up with the printer connected as I just described, and vice-versa. The system to which the printer is NOT connected simply will NOT recognize the existence of the printer connected to the other system. I have searched for helps on the web, but nothing suggested there seems to help. Can someone guide me here? My appreciation would be an understatement. Could the XP automatic firewall be blocking me? If so, how do I kill it? And do I really want to? Thank you |
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