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There is a computer with Windows XP machine and a printer is connected to it. The computer is connected to a router (I don't know if wireless or with cable).

I'd like to share a printer with laptop with Windows Vista. Is this possible wireless? What conditions should hold and steps should be conducted?

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This question was closed because it is in the home. In the faq there is the line "...in a professional capacity" which this doesn't seem to pass. This would have gone to SuperUser, but for some reason I was actively blocked when I tried. – sysadmin1138♦ Feb 9 '12 at 17:44

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As long as the printer is connected directly to the computer, you can share it with whatever other computer which have network access to it (wired or not). Just share it as usual.

Your question let me think you don't know how to share a printer. If this is the case, try Google to have some detailed help with screenshots. This is very easy.

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Actually I'm not using windows so I'd like to know the problems, where to install drivers, if it's necessary to set some workgroup. If it's easy, some steps should not be hard to write, it can be from the command line (even better). – xralf Jan 29 '12 at 10:34
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The method of connection wired/wireless is almost completly irrelavent. What maters is if the are reachable to each other using IP or some other network protocol. If the router or any other network device between the two systems is doing NAT or any kind of packet filtering, then sharing may not be possible.

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