Wireless printing

[fbg40]

Hi
I have a PC running XP,SP2, and a laptop running Vista Home Premium. I have tried "sharing" my Canon printer (on PC) with the laptop but no success. Any tips or help ??
Many thanks
FBG40

[bronners]

i have 2 canon printers and they bothshare perfectly with my laptop (xp) my sons laptop (vista) and our pc (xp).i use a netgear dg384g modem/router and found the printer set up and shared great.what wireless set up are you using?

[fbg40]

Hi Bronners
I'm using a cable router, Netgear WGR614v7. I use XP on my desktop and Vista on my wife's laptop. I've tried "sharing" the printer (Canon Pixma MP160) via the desktop "Printers and Faxes" and then allowing the lappy to search for the printer, but it says it cannot find it !!
Thanks for your reply
FBG40

[ACtheTROLL]

sharing any device on a network requires that both devices are password protected .... and of course vista needs extra ticks in boxes

rather than re-inventing the wheel

read here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/netwo rking/default.mspx

[bronners]

you may find what you need here
http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wgr614v7. asp
i cant see any reason why it wont work i have an mp360s and that connected with both mine and my sons laptops no probs at all.i`m not sure what ACtheTROLL means as i never had to do anything to get it to go on my sons vista laptop just add printer and it found it straight away.are you sure your`re you have your`re pc and laptop networked correctly.i only ask as when i set my network up i had loads or probs until rojash pointed me in the right direction.hope things work out for you

[fbg40]

Success !! After some huffing and puffing and taking my time, I have managed to get the printer accessible from the laptop. Many thanks for all your help.
FBG40