How can i share a printer on 3 PC's?

I'm assuming that you are using windows xp. 1) on all systems do the following ensure that file and print services is turned on ensure that the firewalls allow you to print and share files ensure that user accounts and machine accounts have permissions to print 2) on desktop A, share the printer, and give it a share name 3) desktop b try first with add printers, if you still dont see the printer share name in the lil box, and sometimes it takes a damn long time to come up. Then find desktop A in windows explorer, under my network / entire network/ microsoft windows network your printer should be shown there, right click and and selct connect It should load teh drivers from desktop A, but in case that doesnt happen, keep the printer driver CD ready. Do the same with the laptop

I would recommend going low tech. just purchase a three position switch box, and hook it up to all of your computers. then all you have to do is switch it to the right computer when you want to print.

you use it for 3 hrs then let someone have a try

well make sure that all of the computers are plugged into the same router. I have a desktop and my laptop both wireless that share the same printer that is hooked to my desktop. They might all have to be the saem kinda connection...like wireless or hardwired, cuz my dad cant connect to my printer even tho he is on the same router cuz he is hardwired.

WOW there are some curious answers in this thread..... this is a piece of cake, when you are adding a printer, you want to use the search for printer option. Here you will simply type the name of the printer in. So.... 1. From the computer the printer is installed on go to Start>settings>printers and take note of the printers name. 2. Go to Add printer from each remote computer and search for that printer and then add it. It will install the driver for it on each computer when you do this.... you are now done... Hope that helps Nigel

You hook it up to a router and share it with them just like internet. it should teach you in a router manual how to do this

get a wireless internet card for all your computers or if you already have them skip this step. buy a router that is able to connect to printers and set it up to indentify it and then just set it up for sharing and voila!

Computer "B" and the laptop must also have the shared printer set as the default printer. Computer "A" MUST be turned on to share its "spooler" with the other 2 computers. Your actually sharing computer A's spooler file with the other computers, your not actually "sharing" the printer. This is the way it works on my wireless network. If you want to print without having computer "A" turned on, you'll need a print server. These won't work with multi-function printers though.

You would need a print server to link all of the computers to the same printer. =)