Computer Tech Help Needed: Using a printer over a network!

At my work, I'm trying to allow two computers to print to our label printer, so that i can have multiple employees scanning in items and printing labels.

They are identical computers, running 64bit Windows 7
They are on the same homegroup network.
The printer is plugged into computer 1.
Computer 2 can see the printer, and has the current drivers.
The printer is being shared by computer 1

When I try to print to it from computer 2, it gives an error and wont print.

Thanks in Advance,
Paul

Have to make sure File and print sharing is enabled in network settings. If not PC2 will not print but get wrrors.



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Print sharing is enabled.

Go onto the computer that will be the shared one, and add printer manually by typing everything in exact, it is case sensitive.

Why i hate wired printers for sharing. As mine works when ti wants too. Best to get a printer than can just plug directly into the router/Switch and or be wireless.

Its hard to know what youve done and not done without being there. There are tutorials out there. but best thing to do is uninstall drivers on ALL computers. Restart them and only install the drivers on the main pc that will have the printer plugged into its USB.

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

Go onto the computer that will be the shared one, and add printer manually by typing everything in exact, it is case sensitive.

Why i hate wired printers for sharing. As mine works when ti wants too. Best to get a printer than can just plug directly into the router/Switch and or be wireless.

Its hard to know what youve done and not done without being there. There are tutorials out there. but best thing to do is uninstall drivers on ALL computers. Restart them and only install the drivers on the main pc that will have the printer plugged into its USB.

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I installed the drivers on both pc's. I'll try pulling them off both and installing them to pc1.

Thanks

Hmmm.... Now when I look for devices on pc2, I can't even see pc1, let alone it's printers.

Frustrating.

I temporarily disabled the Norton Firewall yesterday in order to 'see' the other computer so that i could get them on the same network.

Think I'll have to kill the Norton wall (and enable the windows wall) to make this happen?