Two computers on one printer

[Susan Unger]

I am going to try to help a couple this week who have to change the set up with their printers. They have two computers with each one hooked to an individual printer. So it is two computers and two printers but neither computer/print set up is connected to the other printer/computer set up except through a shared internet.

I need to take off one printer and hook up both computers to one printer. The printer is newish [a few months old], one computer is also newish but the other computer is 7 years old. The newer items are, I think, wireless but am not sure. The older computer is not wireless.

My hope is to take off the old printer and hook up the old computer to the new printer.

This is new territory for me. How do I go about doing this? Use simple terms, please. :)

[Randy Wise]

I am going to try to help a couple this week who have to change the set up with their printers. They have two computers with each one hooked to an individual printer. So it is two computers and two printers but neither computer/print set up is connected to the other printer/computer set up except through a shared internet.

I need to take off one printer and hook up both computers to one printer. The printer is newish [a few months old], one computer is also newish but the other computer is 7 years old. The newer items are, I think, wireless but am not sure. The older computer is not wireless.

My hope is to take off the old printer and hook up the old computer to the new printer.

This is new territory for me. How do I go about doing this? Use simple terms, please. :)

My printer is connected to my airport extreme router and I can access that printer from any windows or Mac computer in my house via my home network.

I would suggest you google "How can I share a printer between multiple computers?" and read the details on various setups.

R.