How do I hookup my printer from desktop to laptop?

i want to no can the desktop and laptop shared the same printer i have put the printer driver on both computer but cant print but from the laptop because thats where its hook at now.so if i want to printer some thing from the desktop i have to unplug...

So, I live in New York City, and there are many people and possible wifi connections around me, and we're looking to safely hookup my new laptop (HP dv4-1540us) to our desktop (an old dell). For right now we'll just be streaming internet and movies ...

I tried to find the "Share" printer option on my desktop printer but it seems that there is no such section letting me share the printer. Maybe this is because on the desktop computer I have Windows ME, or maybe because that printer doesn't...

I got my wife a new laptop which is running Vista Home. My desktop is Vista as well and I have my laser printer setup to be shared. Her XP laptop can see the shared printer but the new laptop does not. The workgroup name is the same on all 3 computers...

I have a Dell N5110 laptop which is running Windows 7 Home Premium - 64 bit. When I first bought the laptop (a year ago) it found the shared printer easily and I was able to print to it from my laptop. However, a few days ago I was not able to print...

I just got a new laptop with windows 7 and I am trying to get it to share the printer that is on my XP desktop. I have tried many solutions I have found online but none have worked so far. So I think perhaps I am missing something simple. Both computers...

I know very little about hooking anything like this up or the equipment needed to do it. I'm not sure if this info will help but thought I better include it just in case. My desktop is a compaq presario and uses windows xp. The new laptop is an hp pavillion...

I plugged the cord to the printer from the desktop to my laptop. It found the new hardware and I loaded the printer installation cd on. It did that successfully and my computer is identifying the printer, BUT a message keeps coming up saying that it...

I have Vista on both my desktop and laptop. The printer is wire connected to the desktop. They both run through the same router, obviously the desktop wired and the laptop wireless. I enabled printer and file sharing on both computers, and the printer...