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You're working on a document on the laptop in the living room and you
want to print—except the printer's in the home office. Sharing a
printer connected to a PC on your 'home network'
(http://lifehacker.com/tag/home-network/) and printing to it from any
other computer, even over a wireless connection, is a breeze. Whether
you want to print from a Mac or another PC, here's how to share a single
printer for use by any computer on your home network.


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Step 1. Enable sharing on your printer'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813525)
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Step 2. (Optional) Enable file and printer sharing'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813503)
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Step 3. Name your shared printer'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813495)
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Step 4. Launch the Add Printer Wizard (Windows client)'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813471)
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Step 5. Connect to shared printer (Windows client)'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813479)
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Step 6. Browse to the Windows printer (Mac client)'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813487)
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Step 7. Set Printer Model (Mac client)'
(http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/S...rinter/2813463)



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