Can I have my laptop connect to my PC printer if I have a wirless router?

yea, just turn on printer sharing on the pc hosting the printer. Then you need to configure a home network, using the same network name (don't take the default) on all your computers. I do exactly this already. PS - the computer hosting the printer has to be left on for this to work. If you turn it off - the printer won't be available.

i do not think so.

You need a Wireless adapter which plugs into the printer USB port and one on your PC

Yes - in XP Click Start and then click Control Panel. Click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes. In the Printers and Faxes folder, click the printer's icon and, in the tasks pane, click Share This Printer. Open the printer's Properties dialog box, and click on the Sharing tab. Click Share Name, and then click OK.

Depends on the printer. Some of the newest ones have wireless build into them, so that you can print to them wireless. But 99% of the printers currently in use do not have wireless capability. Check your printer and see if it might have an old form of wireless called "Infrared" (The manual for the printer - or the web site - will tell you). If your laptop has infrared also (and most do) you can use that to print without a cable. But normally you have to have the laptop and the printer within a few inches of each other, and the infrared ports on the two pointed at each other. (You could not print from the next room). Also, it is slower then using a cable.

Yes, you can do it for sure. First have the same workgroup name in both your computer and laptop (You can set up the workgroup name in Control Panel, System, Computer Name, Change and see the workgroup name in Member of Workgroup). Also you have to set diferent computer names for your computers. Then you have to Share your printer in your desktop (Right click your printer icon and click on Sharing, then select Share This Printer and write a name for your shared printer). Then using your laptop, open windows explorer and enter to \\your-desktop-computer-name , there you will see your printer, right click and click connect

YES! All you need is some setting: share your PC printer then on your laptop open a window (like My Computer ..) in adress bar type : \\your pc ip address (Ex. \\192.168.0.2) then you can see your printer in the list double click on it and it will be install on your laptop. (if printer name doesnt appear in window turn off your firewalls on both computers) after this automatic installation you can send any print jobs to your pc. it works! luck

yes, on the system with the printer installed you need to go to the printer right click on it then find sharing in the menu, if you dont see it there go to properties and select it from there. click the radio button to share the printer out. change the share name if you want to. Next step, if you dont know your system name you will need it or the IP. You can get the IP by opening the run comman in the start menu, then type in CMD and press return once the comand prompt comes up type in IPCONFIG you will see some information and a line will say IP address then have a number like 192.168.1.101. Take that IP to the laptop open internet explorer and type in \\192.168.1.101 Press enter. it might take a while it may not, but eventually something will come up similar to opening my computer, when you see this there will be a folder labeled printer and faxes, open that folder, you will see the printer, right click on it then click connect. That will do it it may want to install drivers so just be prepared for that but you should be set.

Prophet is right, for as long as your laptop connects to your PC, you have access to virtually everything on each one another, for as long as sharing permission is granted. You have to decide between Full and Partial permission for some items such as hard drives etc. Follow steps stated by Prophet.