sharing a printer

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I have a small home network set up with 3 XP Pro
systems. I have a Canon printer attached to one of the
systems through the parallel port and am able to print
from the computer it is attached to fine. I have shared
the printer out, but when I try to find it on the network
I am unable. All the systems are on the same workgroup,
and I can see the system that it is attached to, but not
the printer so I cannot actually add it. Any suggestions
would be appreciated.
 
-----Original Message-----
I have a small home network set up with 3 XP Pro
systems. I have a Canon printer attached to one of the
systems through the parallel port and am able to print
from the computer it is attached to fine. I have shared
the printer out, but when I try to find it on the network
I am unable. All the systems are on the same workgroup,
and I can see the system that it is attached to, but not
the printer so I cannot actually add it. Any suggestions
would be appreciated.
.
You probably have a firewall set up on your network. This
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happened to me before. I couldn't share it unless I took
the firewall down. Try that and restart.
 

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