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I'm in the process of building, more like designing a small network for home. We currently have approximately 6 computers that can operate in the house. Unfortunately, all of these computers share one printer and must be plugged in to print. Can it essentially be done to where I can plug the printer into a router, configure it with a static IP address and then allow all computers to wirelessly print from their laptops? If this cannot be done do I need a computer to act as a DC to put the printer on the network?
I'm fairly new at configuring new networks and thought that network printing would be a good start to understanding network configuration.
plus one, but i reckon by plugged in he is using USB I doubt there using a cross over cable to print its not very home like. – squareborg – 2011-07-27T20:22:12.290
You can also get a USB to Ethernet print server. The Print server will be assigned the IP.The easiest way would be to purchase a network capable printer. – Carl – 2011-07-27T21:09:48.187
@Carl is right, there are devices that USB printers can connect to to become network printers. Otherwise, he'd have to configure a computer to act as a print server and share it to the other systems. OP would have to edit his question with more details to know more, but to connect it to a router I assumed it had a cable that fit the router...although some SOHO routers may have a USB sharing port. I wouldn't trust them to last long, though. – Bart Silverstrim – 2011-07-27T22:51:08.587