Printer sharing on Windows 7 is necessary if you have a USB printer or parallel (LPT) printer. Newer printers may have Wi-Fi or a LAN connection for sharing with multiple computers. By setting up printer sharing, you are enabling other networked computers to connect and print.
Let's start with setting up Windows 7 for printer sharing.
1. Click "Start" and open "Control Panel", then click "Devices and Printers".
2. Right click the printer you would like to share and click "Printer Properties"
3. Choose the "Sharing" tab and checkmark "Share this printer", then click "Apply"
4. Choose the "Security" tab. If you are setting this up for yourself or you trust all the people on the network click "Advanced". Choose Everyone and click "Remove". Click "Add", Advanced, then "Find now". Find Everyone in (RDN) and click "Ok" twice. Checkmark all the boxes in the Permission entry window, then click "Ok". Now it should say full control for everyone. Click "Ok" twice.
5. Click "Start" and open "Control Panel", then click "Network and Sharing Center". To the left click "Change Adapter Settings".
6. Right click the adapter that you are using on the network and choose "Properties". Double click "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)".
7. Choose "Use the following IP address:". We must change your IP settings from DHCP to Static. If you do not know what to put here, right click the adapter you are using on the network and click "Status", then "Details". For the IP address type the numbers you see under "IPv4 Address". For example, you may see something like 192.168.1.2. You may also use the same subnet mask and default gateway you see in the details window. Because we have chosen to "Use the following IP address:", "Use the following DNS server addresses:" has now become necessary. Fill in "Preferred DNS server:" with the default gateway IP address and the "Alternate DNS server" with the "IPv4 DNS Server" address you see in the details window.
8. In "Network and Sharing Center", to the left, click "Change advanced sharing settings". Scroll down to "Password protected sharing", under "Home or Work", and make sure it is set to "Turn off password protected sharing".
This concludes the Setup of the Windows 7 system. We will now turn to the Windows XP system to setup the printer for sharing. There are two ways to do this.
For printers with network driver setup, like most HP drivers, just follow the steps to connect to the network printer when you load the drivers. The drivers for your printer can more than likely be found on the venders website. If not, you will have to search them out or use a similar models driver.
For printers that only come with the local USB driver setup, follow these steps.
1. Connect the printer to the Windows XP system. Install the Windows XP drivers for that printer.
2. Run a test print to be sure the printer is functioning on the Windows XP machine and then reconnect it to the Windows 7 system.
3. Click "Start" and open "Control Panel", then click "Printers and Faxes". Right click the printer you have just added and choose "Properties".
4. Click the "Ports" tab, then click "Add Port" from the bottom of the window. Choose "Standard TCP/IP Port" and click "Next". Click "Next" on the Welcome to the Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard page. Type "\\" followed by the IP address of the windows 7 system (example: \\192.168.1.2), then click "Next". Click Finish and you are all done. Right click the printer and go to "Properties" to run a test print.
Source: EzineArticles
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