Network Printers

[Conrad]

I have a laptop which I connect to the net with using wifi and a network on my office PC. I have a printer attached to my office PC which I want to connect to using my laptop.

 

I've tried to 'Add Printer' from my laptop and browsing for a printer on the network but can't locate it. Do I need to add the printer to the network first?

 

What am I doing wrong? I'm pretty pc illiterate so any help would be appreciated!

[MrRalphMan]

What OS does the PC with the printer attached have?

Off the top of my head, you might need to 'share' the printer or alter any firewalls you might have running to allow the traffic through.

 

Have you tried adding the printer manually by entering the address manually?

 

\\pcname\printername

[Guest gzaerojon]

is the printer a network printer? and is it conected using a rj45 network cable?

or is it just conected to your office pc via usb/paralel?

if its conected to the office pc then you'll have to share it first

but if its on the network using a rj45 network cable then make sure its in the ip range

 

for example if your office pc's ip is 192.168.0.1 then as long as both the printer and laptop use 192.168.0.??? the last number can be anything, i normally choose 192.168.0.40 for printers on a small network.