How to Share a Printer on a Network ?

With printer sharing, you can use one printer from any computer on your network. Add the printer to the computer that's turned on (the computer that hosts the printer has to be turned on for any printing to happen). Once you've used the Network Setup Wizard to turn on File and Printer Sharing, your Windows XP host computer will recognize and configure almost any Plug and Play printer. This printer will then appear on the list of available printers on every other Windows XP computer on the network.

Other versions of Windows will recognize the printer once you've run the Add Printer Wizard. To use the printer from another computer, click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes. Under Printer Tasks, click Add a printer. Follow the instructions in the wizard to add the printer.